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Illustration
No.4
“Lanyon Quoit” |
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Lanyon
Quoit just sort of jumped out at us as we were driving
away from Men-an-Tol. It’s right next to the roadside
in a tiny field. The formation is similar to Chûn
in that it is a roofed stone structure, but Lanyon is
much more open, resembling a walking beast or a table
more than a hut. Apparently Lanyon used to be fourteen
feet tall, although one of the stones fell apart in a
storm in 1812, so it was rebuilt at its current height
of about seven feet. The capstone hangs off as if to point
toward something on the horizon, what it could be Jeff
and I couldn’t figure out. While we were there we
met a sprightly young woman who told us tales of a Pagan
wishing well and stone church just up the road, so after
paying our respects to Lanyon we made for that site.
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