Carwynnen Quoit

#3641 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Carwynnen Quoit is a dolmen belonging to the Neolithic period, at Carwynnen near Camborne in west Cornwall. It is also known as 'The Giant's Quoit', 'The Giant's Frying Pan', 'Pendarvis Quoit' and 'Pendarves Quoit'. It collapsed in 1966 and was re-erected in 2014. ()

Coordinates: 50°11'18"N, 5°17'36"W

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Carwynnen Quoit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Great Flat Lode, Carn Brea Castle, Carn Brea, Trevarno.

3.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Great Flat Lode, Camborne
80 min walk • The Great Flat Lode is a mineral-bearing body of rock under the southern granite slopes of Carn Brea south of Camborne in west Cornwall, England, UK.
3.2 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Carn Brea Castle, Redruth
82 min walk • Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.
3 miNE
Historical place, Prehistoric site
Carn Brea, Camborne
77 min walk • Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of Carn Brea including Bosleake and Church Coombe was 8,013 at the 2011 census. The hilltop site is situated approximately one mile southwest of Redruth.
4.4 miS
Park
Trevarno
112 min walk • Trevarno is a private country estate in south-west Cornwall, England, UK, near the village of Crowntown, 2 miles north-east of Helston.
3.7 miN
Park
Tehidy Country Park, Camborne
96 min walk • Tehidy Country Park is a country park in Illogan in Cornwall, England which incorporates 250 acres of the parkland and estate around Tehidy House, a former manor house of the Tehidy manor.
4.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Carn Marth
118 min walk • Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m high, and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past.
4.7 miNW
Church
St Gothian's Church
120 min walk • St Gothian's Church, Gwithian is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK. Nothing is known about St Gothian, Gocianus or Gwithian.
2.9 miW
50°10'56"N • 5°21'31"W
Gwinear Pitch & Putt, Hayle
75 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.5 miSW
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Godolphin Estate
115 min walk • The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, 7 km north-west of Helston in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The house is a Grade I listed building.
1.8 miN
Church
St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne
46 min walk • St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Camborne, Cornwall.
2.5 miN
Playground, Archaeological site
Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne
65 min walk • Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, is a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK. It has been dubbed as Cornwall's first free cultural playground. It was developed at South Crofty's Robinson Shaft and spread over 19 acres in the former mining heart of Cornwall.