Lanyon Quoit

Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen about 2 miles south of Morvah in Cornwall. It is one of a number of neolithic monuments and cromlechs in West Penwith.

In 1815 the dolmen collapsed during a storm and was rebuilt and its appearance today is very different to the original dolmen.

Lyn Harper / Lanyon Quoit and the Ding Dong mine

William Borlase drew the original dolmen before its collapse.

William Borlase (1695-1772) .
Reproduced with kind permission of the artist- Jo Witherington https://www.jowitherington.co.uk