An investigation of three megalithic quoits in Cornwall Carwynnen, Trethevy and Hendraburnick edited by Andy M. Jones and James Gossip

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Andy M., editor.

Gossip, James, editor.

Series:

BAR British series ; 701.

BAR British series. Archaeology of prehistoric Ireland & Britain ; v. 2.

BAR British series 701

Archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and Britain volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Megalithic monuments--England--Cornwall (County).

Megalithic monuments.

England--Cornwall (County).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford BAR Publishing 2025

Summary:

"This monograph reports upon the recent excavations of three Cornish megalithic monuments, known locally by the suffix as quoits, which were undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit, with support from the Cornwall Archaeological Society, The Cornwall Heritage Trust and The Sustainable Trust. Two of the sites, Carwynnen and Trethevy, are Early Neolithic chamber tombs and the third, Hendraburnick, is a later Neolithic megalithic propped stone. All three sites are complex monuments and two, Carwynnen and Hendraburnick, revealed episodes of re-use for centuries after their construction. All three sites demonstrate the careful selection of materials in their construction, demonstrating the desire to use particular shapes and colours. There is evidence at all three sites for the selection of specific stones, and for a variety of depositional practices at Carwynnen Quoit and Hendraburnick Quoit, which went beyond the interment of human remains. At Hendraburnick these practices included the incorporation of rock art"-- BAR Digital Collection

Contents:

Investigating three Cornish megalithic quoits / Andy M Jones

Regaining a lost cromlech : the excavation and restoration of Carwynnen Quoit, Camborne, Cornwall 2009-2014 / Jacqueline A Nowakowski and James Gossip with contributions from Pip Richards [and others]

Investigations at Trethevy Quoit 2019 : the anatomy of a Cornish portal dolmen / Andy M Jones with a contribution from Anna Lawson-Jones

Late Neolithic monumentality and rock art at Hendraburnick ‘Quoit’ : Davidstow, Cornwall / Andy M Jones with contributions from Dana Challinor, Anna Lawson-Jones, Henrietta Quinnell and Alison Sheridan

Cornish quoits, an overview / Andy M Jones

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (BAR Digital Collection, viewed December 17, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Investigation of three megalithic quoits in Cornwall

ISBN:

9781407363028

1407363026

OCLC:

1564103072

Publisher Number:

B701

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license