Carwynnen Quoit

Giants Quoit - An Introduction to a Cornish Megalith and its archaeological site

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Giant's Quoit: A Sustainable Trust community project around the restoration of the scheduled ancient monument no'396. An archaeological excavation of a chamber tomb near Camborne, Cornwall; a solitary example of a cromlech but part of the Penwith Chamber tombs.

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Archaeological Excavations ,The Frying Pan Field ,Pendarves Estate ,West Cornwall ,Carwynnen Quoit ,Neolithic ,Cromlech ,Monument Restoration ,Sustainable Trust ,Heritage Lottery Fund ,Camborne ,Preliminary Investigative Dig ,Archaeological Finds ,Contemporary Artefacts ,The Big Dig ,Chamber Tomb ,Community Archaeology ,Kromlegh Garwinnon,

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This website documents the work at Carwynnen Quoit in depth. It describes the history of this 5000 year old monument, the recent restoration and  excavations , the  finds , and the creativity that this rare example of Neolithic life and belief has inspired
http://www.giantsquoit.org/