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Clouds over Chun  - Chun Quoit And Castle
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Place: »Chun Quoit And Castle

Category: »Ancient Sites

About: Photography needs quite a lot of patience. On the day that this photograph was taken there was very little natural light and we waited for a long time for the right weather conditions. This shot was snapped very quickly as the small gap in the clouds......

Photograph Added: 22nd April 2008

Chun Burial Chamber - Chun Quoit And Castle
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About: The name Chun apparently comes from the Cornish Chy-an-Woone which is thought to mean 'the House on the Downs'. The quoit consists of four upright stones about a metre and a half high and three of these support a fairly circular 2-3 metre wide capst......

Photograph Added: 22nd April 2008

Frenchmans Beret or Mushroom - Chun Quoit And Castle
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About: Chun quoit is one of the best preserved burial chambers in Cornwall and features a round capstone with a cupmark on top of a closed chamber. This structure has been likened to a Frenchman's Beret at a rakish angle or an overgrown mushroom

Photograph Added: 21st April 2008

Silhouette Against a Dramatic Sky - Chun Quoit And Castle
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About: This silhouette photograph of Chun Quoit against a dramatic sky makes the climb up to see this ancient site well worth the effort.

Photograph Added: 19th April 2008

Ancient - Chun Quoit And Castle
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About: The burial chamber known as Chun Quoit with the sea in the distance.

Photograph Added: 11th July 2007

Path To The Quoit - Chun Quoit And Castle
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Path To The Quoit

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About: Walking along the footpath to Chun Quoit the most complete example to be found in Cornwall.

Photograph Added: 11th July 2007

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