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Pawton Quoit
Hob Uid: 430271
Location : Cornwall St. Breock
Grid Ref : SW9657069600
Summary : A chambered barrow with a ruined rectangular chamber at the south end. The chamber consists of nine orthostats forming a rectangle 7ft long by 3ft 6in wide and supporting a capstone. The barrow was probably originally round.
More information : (SW 96576960) Burial Chamber (NR) "A long barrow 70ft by 50ft (Lukis's measurements) orientated north-south, with a ruined rectangular chamber at the south end. The chamber consists of nine orthostats forming a rectangle 7ft long by 3ft 6in wide and supporting a capstone .... Hencken, however, writes that the site could "hardly be called a long barrow and it is very likely that originally it was round". The chamber sits off centre but on the summit of a 1.6m high mound measuring aproximately 2/8m N-S x 22m E-W. This lengthening of one axis is probably due to the downhill slope to the north, the only direction in which the slopes are exaggerated. Hencken's contention would therefore seem to be correct. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3) "Pawton Quoit". Part of the capstone is said to be broken off. The quoit stands on a long low tumulus but on digging through the mound nothing was found. (4) No change since report of 24.1.72. (5) Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD. (6) A flint scatter was located around the chambered tomb during fieldwalking in 1984. Two artefacts were recorded with the flint flakes; an end scraper and a transverse arrowhead. (7) (SW 965697) Included in a catalogue and distribution map of Neolithic sites in Cornwall. (8) Listed

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : Prhist Chamb Tombs 1950 239 (G Daniel)
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Source details : Prehist Stone Mons Corn 1885 11 (W C Lukis)
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Source details : B & EIA Corn & Devon 1929 28 (Hencken)
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Source details : F1 ANK 24-JAN-72
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Source details : Mss Notebook (W C Borlase, July 1871)
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Source details : F2 NVQ 14-APR-77
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Source details : Corn Arch 10 1971 PH Checklist 107 (J Reed)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Corn. Archaeol. Society Newsletter No.45 May 1984, 5 (P. Steele)
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Corn. Archaeol. 25, 1986, 76 (R.J Mercer)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Chambered Round Barrow, Flint Scatter
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow, Flint Scatter
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Components and Objects:

Period : Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Chambered Round Barrow, Flint Scatter
Object Type : ARROWHEAD, SCRAPER (TOOL)
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 80
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External Cross Reference Source : Guardianship Number
External Cross Reference Number : 0
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cornwall)
External Cross Reference Number : /003
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 96 NE 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1870-01-01
End Date : 1879-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-01-24
End Date : 1972-01-24

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-04-14
End Date : 1977-04-14

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Pawton Quoit