On one of our drives around the Cornish Coast we went looking for menhirs or dolmens. We found Lanyon Quoit which is probably one of the best-known of Cornwall's ancient monuments, dating from the Neolithic period (3500-2500BC).
It is believed that Lanyon and other quoits in the area were used as ritual funeral sites. It's possible that bodies were laid on top of the capstone to be eaten by carrion birds.
The site is just in a field in the middle of nowhere. On a very minor narrow road not very far from St Ives. it was a little hard to find but I spotted it from the road.
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