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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Three Brothers Of Grugith

The Three Brothers of Grugith (Cornish: An Tri Broder a Grugwydh) is a prehistoric site, a dolmen of the Neolithic Age, near St Keverne in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument.

Description

The dolmen is situated near the summit of a hill overlooking Goonhilly Downs. Two orthostats support a capstone; there are depressions on the capstone which may be cup marks, or may be naturally formed.

The chamber enclosed by the stones measures about 4 by 2 metres (13.1 by 6.6 ft), height about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). William Copeland Borlase excavated the chamber in 1872: he discovered a pit about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) deep, and one flint flake.

References

  1. ^ "Three Brothers of Crugith (EN) - Henwyn Tyller". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Portal dolmen known as 'The Three Brothers of Grugith' (1006746)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 November 2021.