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Submitted by maengurta on Monday, 11 June 2007  Page Views: 11836

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pawton Quoit
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Wadebridge  Nearest Village: St Breock
Map Ref: SW96586960
Latitude: 50.490805N  Longitude: 4.869203W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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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lucasn visited on 14th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

markj99 visited on 13th Oct 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Despite the difficulty in locating Pawton Quoit, it is worth the effort to view one of the most impressive quoits in Cornwall.

TheCaptain visited on 20th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 3 This really is a bit of a devil to get to, and it makes me wonder whether I really have been to it twice before, or just looked for it! I'm 99% sure I visited once in the 1970s with Mum and Dad, and then again in the 1980s, but perhaps not right to the stones that time. Taking the little lane southeast from the valley below Nanscow, the lane is signposted to some kennels, and after a short distance turns to the right and climbs uphill, getting narrower and more overgrown, but it is still easily driveable all the way up and over the hill to Haycrock farm (I dont know if it is private at this point). The trouble is there is almost nowhere to park or turn round, and no obvious place to get into the right field for the quoit. I ended up turning and then driving almost right back down to the bottom to park and then walk back up to a place where many people obviously climb over the wall to visit the quoit. Its a bit of a tricky wall to get over with a fair drop down into the field, so I told Dad not to come and stay outside the field till I returned. The field had no crop in it, so I decided I was OK for a visit to the dolmen, which could be seen as an overgrown mess several hundred yards across the field. When I got to it, it at first looked like there would be no way through to the stones, as the whole thing was surrounded by masses of gorse, brambles, ferns, stinging nettles etc, but around the far side there was a trampled down way in. The stones are all very angular and sharp cornered, and of a very pale stone. The capstone is a delight, perched above its chamber on several smaller stones, in some respects giving the impression of teeth below it! The capstone has broken, and about a third of it lies flat to the ground at one end, amongst a bit of a jumble of stone and a tree now happily growing in amongst it all. With all the jungle growing here, its difficult to make out what the arrangement really was, but it is a bit of a delight, and has some spectacular views to the north over the Camel Estuary and east to the heights of Bodmin Moor and Wadebridge down in the valley below. I never really felt at ease here, possibly because of leaving Dad and the car so far off, so after taking several photos from all angles, trudged back to the field wall where the way over was, only to find that Dad was no longer there. Where is he? whats he doing? I cant get out of this field without some help. Hmmm, still no sign of Dad, and he clearly can't hear me yelling, so need a plan B. Looking around, a bit further up along the wall, and there is a lower section with a tree nearby which I can use to hold and climb up onto the top, before making my way along to the gap and then down off the wall and onto the lane. Theres Dad way down the lane looking for blackberries and whacking things with a stick, oblivious to my plight! No doubt I had some sharp words on the walk back down to the car, before jokingly suggesting looking for the Nanscow inscribed stone, and then heading off to The Ring O'Bells at St Issey for a well deserved pint.

Bladup celticmaiden55 hamish ocifant cazzyjane have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.33

Pawton Quoit
Pawton Quoit submitted by maengurta : Pawton Quioit. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is hard to get to but worth it. Probably best approached on foot from Nanscow, the quoit is about three quarters of a mile up a steep lane on the right. This place is a bit out in the sticks and you would be lucky to find anyone to ask permission but with an empty field and open gate I had to have a look.

A massive capstone rests horizontally on three uprights with a further three uprights making up the rest of the chamber. The whole thing would have been covered by a barrow.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by theCaptain : Been sorting through some old photos, and heres one I found of Pawton Quoit back in 1986. All nicely clear back then, unlike my visit last year (2013) when it was all totally overgrown. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by celticmaiden55 : With a large crack down the middle, maybe the strain is too much being balanced on such a small area. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by maengurta : showing the massive wedge of a capstone. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by StoneLee : Pawton Quoit on a bright summers day, I felt quite brave climbing underneath the capstone. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by Bladup : Pawton Quoit. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by celticmaiden55 : Viewed from the end. (2 comments)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by maengurta : apparently the heaviest capstone in cornwall. (1 comment)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by cazzyjane : Pawton Quoit.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by hamish : Don't be fooled by the greenery, I was walking on mud stilts by the time I reached the monument. (2 comments)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by maengurta : This view shows the outline of the barrow.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by ocifant : Pawton Quoit, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall. SW965696

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Pawton Quoit submitted by DrNickLeB : Pawton Quoit.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by cazzyjane : Pawton Quoit, oil on canvas.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by cazzyjane : Pawton Quoit, May 2015. (3 comments)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by cazzyjane : Pawton Quoit. (2 comments)

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Pawton Quoit submitted by postman : Took ages to get to this dolmen , well worth the wait, and the two hundred and fifty mile drive.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by Bladup : Pawton Quoit.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by celticmaiden55 : Inside the chamber.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by hamish : This has to be one of Cornwall's greats. quite difficult to find, a pain for parking but in the end well worth the effort.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by cazzyjane : Pawton Quoit.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by postman : Not easy to visit this dolmen, but you really should.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by postman : Stripey stones like at the Nine Maidens.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by postman : Full frontal.

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Pawton Quoit submitted by postman : I didn't know the mound the dolmen is on/in was so big.

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Re: Pawton Quoit by TheCaptain on Friday, 30 May 2014
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Description of my visit, 20 Sept 2013.

This really is a bit of a devil to get to, and it makes me wonder whether I really have been to it twice before, or just looked for it! I'm 99% sure I visited once in the 1970s, and then again in the 1980s, but perhaps not right to the stones that time.

Taking the little lane southeast from the valley below Nanscow, the lane is signposted to some kennels, and after a short distance turns to the right and climbs uphill, getting narrower and more overgrown, but it is still easily driveable all the way up and over the hill to Haycrock farm (I dont know if it is private at this point). The trouble is there is almost nowhere to park or turn round, and no obvious place to get into the right field for the quoit. I ended up turning and then driving almost right back down to the bottom to park and then walk back up to a place where many people obviously climb over the wall to visit the quoit.

Its a bit of a tricky wall to get over with a fair drop down into the field, so I told Dad not to come and stay outside the field till I returned. The field had no crop in it, so I decided I was OK for a visit to the dolmen, which could be seen as an overgrown mess several hundred yards across the field.

When I got to it, it at first looked like there would be no way through to the stones, as the whole thing was surrounded by masses of gorse, brambles, ferns, stinging nettles etc, but around the far side there was a trampled down way in. The stones are all very angular and sharp cornered, and of a very pale stone. The capstone is a delight, perched above its chamber on several smaller stones, in some respects giving the impression of teeth below it! The capstone has broken, and about a third of it lies flat to the ground at one end, amongst a bit of a jumble of stone and a tree now happily growing in amongst it all.

With all the jungle growing here, its difficult to make out what the arrangement really was, but it is a bit of a delight, and has some spectacular views to the north over the Camel Estuary and east to the heights of Bodmin Moor and Wadebridge down in the valley below.

I never really felt at ease here, possibly because of leaving Dad and the car so far off, so after taking several photos from all angles, trudged back the the field wall where the way over was, only to find that Dad was no longer there. Where is he? whats he doing? I cant get out of this field without some help. Hmmm, still no sign of Dad, and he clearly can't hear me yelling, so need a plan B. Looking around, a bit further up along the wall, and there is a lower section with a tree nearby which I can use to hold and climb up onto the top, before making my way along to the gap and then down off the wall and onto the lane. There's Dad way down the lane looking for blackberries and whacking things with a stick, oblivious to my plight!

No doubt I had some sharp words on the walk back down to the car, before jokingly suggesting looking for the Nanscow inscribed stone, and then heading off to The Ring O'Bells at St Issey for a well deserved pint.
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