Believed to be the burial chamber of a long mound, Lanyon Quoit is unusual in many ways and may have been more of a mausoleum or cenotaph than a grave. Recent theories suggest that these megalithic monuments were never completely covered by mounds but that their granite capstone and front portal stones were left uncovered to form a dramatic background to the ceremonies performed there.

The capstone is 2.7 x 5.25m (9ft x 17.5ft) weighing 13.5 tons; the chamber height is about 2m (7ft).

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Nice selection Oy - looks an interesting place. Its amazing what they managed to achieve without modern equipment. Getting the capstone up there cannot have been easy. I seem to remember reading a theory that they slid them up earth and stone ramps and then removed the soil to leave them behind. Either way very impressive.

Thanks

I've got LOADS of this sort of stuff - but it doesn't look like it's of much interest here.