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Trethevy Quoit​…Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece

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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Apr 1, 2013 09:27:45
Replying to juamei

juamei wrote:
So, I've read my copy of the book (thankyou Roy)...

The jigsaw puzzle certainly makes sense. I may have missed it but I didn't see any mention as to when the rearrangement would have been made, I presume in the neolithic?

Also, I am unaware of any other quoit or tomb with a diagonal dividing stone. Are there any still standing examples?

Hi Juamei,
When re-arranged is an unknown I'm afraid. I believe it comes down to the hole in the Capstone because when that was pummelled through it was the likely cause of the Capstone slipping. Due to the positioning of the buttress that was offset from the opening it suggests it was still in use after the slippage otherwise it would have been placed centrally for maximum benefit.

No other diagonal dividing stones that I am aware of in this country although there are far more cromlechs that have been destroyed or are no longer with us than are still here. Funnily enough there is only one stone circle with lintols as well! Always something new to consider eh :-)

N nigelswift
nigelswift Apr 1, 2013 10:13:55
Replying to Sanctuary

"Funnily enough there is only one stone circle with lintols as well!"

Two, but both currently in the same place"?

J juamei
juamei Apr 1, 2013 11:04:55
Replying to Sanctuary

So, I think I agree some rearrangement has taken place, the stones look wrong at present. I've been to other dolmens and thought they looked wrong too though, but I guess it could be argued they were also rearranged (or none of them were!)

I'm afraid I just don't buy the sloping inner stone though, I've not seen anything like it or seen anything like it mentioned anywhere. I know Stonehenge is unique so other unique things are possible (and do occur especially in tomb building) but it just seems so very wrong to me...

L Littlestone
Littlestone Apr 1, 2013 13:32:15
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Sanctuary wrote:
When re-arranged is an unknown I'm afraid. I believe it comes down to the hole in the Capstone because when that was pummelled through it was the likely cause of the Capstone slipping. Due to the positioning of the buttress that was offset from the opening it suggests it was still in use after the slippage otherwise it would have been placed centrally for maximum benefit.
Didn’t you once suggest that it may have been rearranged relatively recently (recently as in 500 years or so ago) maybe as a territorial marker (the hole possibly serving as a securing point for a banner or something). The hole in the capstone could provide the answer. Does it look like it was made using metal or stone tools?

B bladup
bladup Apr 1, 2013 16:30:28
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
juamei wrote:
So, I've read my copy of the book (thankyou Roy)...

The jigsaw puzzle certainly makes sense. I may have missed it but I didn't see any mention as to when the rearrangement would have been made, I presume in the neolithic?

Also, I am unaware of any other quoit or tomb with a diagonal dividing stone. Are there any still standing examples?

Hi Juamei,
When re-arranged is an unknown I'm afraid. I believe it comes down to the hole in the Capstone because when that was pummelled through it was the likely cause of the Capstone slipping. Due to the positioning of the buttress that was offset from the opening it suggests it was still in use after the slippage otherwise it would have been placed centrally for maximum benefit.

No other diagonal dividing stones that I am aware of in this country although there are far more cromlechs that have been destroyed or are no longer with us than are still here. Funnily enough there is only one stone circle with lintols as well! Always something new to consider eh :-)

Zennor's stone dividing the 2 chambers is diagonal, and it's by far the closest type to trethevy that's extant.