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Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech
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Visited 06/11/01CE.
Chun Quoit is a real treat, straight out of some vaguely-magical Childrens' Sunday Afternoon TV special. We wandered around in the bleakness wondering if we were heading in the right direction, speculating about how to read maps properly. But finally we saw it and hobbled (our legs still aching from the 10 miles of walking 2 days before) our way up to it.
It's in such an amazing location - unrestricted views all around, and the vibe of this place is intact. We took turns to crawl inside, and I once more experimented with music, picking 'Hill of Odin' from Julian's 'Rite 2'. In retrospect, it was a bit of a bad choice. That track is amazing at giving the listener a sense of infinite space when heard in a confined place, but at somewhere like this it just sounded so miniscule. After watching 'Soundtracks Of The Stone Age' on Channel 4 a week later, I wish I'd gone for something more vocal - or indeed screamed my own lungs out - because according to Paul Devereux, Chun Quoit is reckoned to have rather special acoustic properties. Nevertheless, I spent a good 20 minutes inside the Quoit, writing dodgy notes and wondering about the reports of radiation inside the Quoit being 123% above the outside environment. Then I noticed a small wet patch on the roof, inside, where you wouldn't expect the water to end up (it was drizzling outside, but inside the Quoit was completely dry). I couldn't resist having a little dab and a taste of this water, while my mind buzzed with the possible consequences .......... nah, just a little gritty water - nothing mind-altering, but Chun Quoit is a place of extreme possibilities where you get the feeling just about anything could happen.
Leaving the Quoit, we headed over to Chun Castle, an Iron Age hillfort just in view to the SE and well worth a little visit if you're up at the Quoit.This post appears as part of the weblog entry Visit to Land's End, 03-08/11/01ce |
Posted by Holy McGrail
29th November 2001ce
Edited 26th November 2002ce
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