The best preserved dolmen in west Cornwall. Dates from the early. Neolithic period.
Probably used as a repository for the bones of the dead and as a place where the living could honour and/or seek guidance from the dead. Considering it’s mushroom-like appearance, maybe there was some psychedelic trance work happening? 😄
The term quoit comes the folklore that these ancient monuments were made by giants playing quoits.
3 May: feast of Glywys a #Welsh saint who is patron of St Gluvias on #Cornwall#Kernow (Row17) In some later lives he is described as a martyr, others make him a nephew of St Petroc #Cymru