Bosporthennis 'Beehive Hut' forum 2 room
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Bosporthennis 'Beehive Hut'

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I've been to the Iron Age village several times, but have yet to visit the hut reconstruction - something I plan to do as soon as the weather and other constraints allow!

I'm interested in the fallen Bophrennis Quoit. It's recorded as being just half a mile from the beehive hut and "one fourth of a mile to the northwest of Bophrennis is a dismounted capstone". It's round and five inches thick - if it's still there - and four feet ten inches (or six hand spans) across.

It was considered to be modern, as it's round, but I've a very similar rock, just two hand spans across, several hundred miles to the north, at Kirkhaugh. I'm intrigued to know whether the cap has similar chisel signatures to the Kirkhaugh thing. They would tie the copper-producing area of the North Pennines with tin production in Cornwall quite conclusively. It'll possibly be in someone's garden !

They're connected with rolling rituals - I'm sure !

david