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<< Our Photo Pages >> Catshole Quoit - Chambered Tomb in England in Cornwall

Submitted by dooclay on Friday, 01 July 2022  Page Views: 759

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Catshole Quoit Alternative Name: Catshole Tor Chambered Tomb
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Chambered Tomb
 Nearest Village: St Breward
Map Ref: SX17227856
Latitude: 50.578107N  Longitude: 4.582944W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Catshole Quoit
Catshole Quoit submitted by dooclay : The Catshole Quoit (Vote or comment on this photo)
In 'The Romance of the Stones' the tomb is said to be reasonably intact', it is described as 'a prominent feature situated upon the summit of the Tor, although it is not immediately apparent that this is a chambered tomb. It is only on close inspection the human design features become apparent - a burial chamber built into the cavity beneath a stack of weathered tor stones'.

The site is described as 6.2 feet high and surrounded by a circular platform 28 feet in diameter. The chamber constructed below the capstone is 6.9 feet long and 2 feet wide. It is now open to the elements but the whole had been enclosed by a cairn.
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Catshole Quoit
Catshole Quoit submitted by JeffHorsey : September 10th 2022 at Catshole Tor south of Cornwall's highest mountain, Brown Willy. Impressive quoit or burial chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Catshole Quoit
Catshole Quoit submitted by dooclay : Made a dogs-ear of this photo of the Quoit (Vote or comment on this photo)

Catshole Quoit
Catshole Quoit submitted by dooclay : On a grey December Day (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX1778 : Long Cairn, Catshole Tor by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2012(licence)
SX1778 : Catshole Tor Looking North by Phillip Kimber
by Phillip Kimber
©2007(licence)
SX1678 : Catshole Tor by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
©2010(licence)
SX1678 : Boundary Wall and Gateway, Catshole Downs by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2014(licence)
SX1678 : Rock formation on Catshole Tor by Mark Camp
by Mark Camp
©2008(licence)

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 261m S 182° Catshole Downs long cairn* Chambered Cairn (SX172783)
 716m SSE 155° Tolborough Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX175779)
 760m SSE 153° Tolborough Tor stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX17547787)
 1.2km SE 132° Tolborough Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1807877741)
 1.7km ENE 77° Trezelland stone setting* Standing Stones (SX18857889)
 1.7km NE 38° Leskernick cist* Cist (SX18307983)
 1.7km NW 309° Brown Willy S* Cairn (SX15927968)
 1.8km NE 36° Leskernick Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18358000)
 1.9km NNE 32° Leskernick 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1829880125)
 1.9km NE 43° Leskernick NW* Stone Circle (SX18587992)
 1.9km NE 47° Leskernick cairn* Cairn (SX18687982)
 1.9km NE 54° Leskernick SE* Stone Circle (SX18827964)
 1.9km NE 48° Leskernick* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18717980)
 2.0km NNE 31° Leskernick Quoit* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1827980202)
 2.0km NW 315° Brown Willy* Barrow Cemetery (SX15877999)
 2.1km NE 49° Leskernick Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX1884979885)
 2.1km NNE 30° Leskernick Hill cairn* Cairn (SX18328035)
 2.2km WNW 290° Fernacre Settlement 2 Ancient Village or Settlement (SX15227938)
 2.4km ENE 76° Elephant Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX19557905)
 2.5km WSW 240° Butterstor Ancient Village or Settlement (SX150774)
 2.5km ENE 72° The Beacon Cairns* Cairn (SX19677928)
 2.6km ENE 68° The Beacon Cist* Cist (SX19667944)
 2.6km WNW 298° Fernacre Settlement 1* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14937990)
 2.7km W 265° Propped stones on Garrow Tor* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX145784)
 2.7km WNW 286° Fernacre Cairn 3 Cairn (SX14607942)
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