1.3 - SKRINKLE HAVEN - FRESHWATER EAST
King's Quoit Burial Chamber
On the east side of Manorbier Bay on the coast path stands the King's Quoit ,
one of the most beautiful locations for a neolithic burial chamber
( dolmen / cromlech) / dating from 3000BC .
An earthfast capstone, 4.5m by 2.5m and 0.5m thick, is supported by upright slabs
to the N and W .
The Burial Chambers stones may be from a neighbouring outcrop of upright slabs of
Red Mudstone Rock with Calcrete Nodules .
The Tombs protective covering of stones - soil - turf , has eroded away.
Ref: 8762
Date: 27/05/2011
Location: SS 0595 9727
