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Trethevy Quoit​…Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece

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bladup Apr 1, 2013 17:16:20
Replying to thesweetcheat

Yes Zennor has 2 chambers, I sit in and like them both, they both "feel" very different, the littlest one is really comfy because of the leaning stone that separates the chambers has a great angle to sit and lean against, in fact i'd go as far to say the angle is perfect to send your head into a very quick trance state, i don't think this is by chance, i've spent hours in it that seem like minutes.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2013 17:25:52
Replying to bladup

The "little" ante-chamber isn't a proper chamber though, it's open to the air between the facade slabs. It's more like a false portal you have at some Severn-Cotswold tombs. There's no suggestion it was ever an enclosed burial chamber as far as I know.

The leaning stone that separates it from the proper chamber was presumably a supporting orthostat until the capstone slipped.

T tiompan
tiompan Apr 1, 2013 17:29:54
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
Yes Zennor has 2 chambers, I sit in and like them both, they both "feel" very different, the littlest one is really comfy because of the leaning stone that separates the chambers has a great angle to sit and lean against, in fact i'd go as far to say the angle is perfect to send your head into a very quick trance state, i don't think this is by chance, i've spent hours in it that seem like minutes.
I can't see where the second chamber might be in relation to the original pre capstone collapse structure . There is nothing structural from the original set up that could create anything like what Roy suggests was at Trethevy .