Zennor Quoit

An impressive set of stones with Tricia giving you a sense of its scale. As well as the traditional story of the stones replacing thmesleves if reomoved, in 1861 a local farmer proposed to convert the monument into a cattle–shed by removing one of the upright pillars and drilling a hole in the sloping capstone. The vandalism soon reached the disapproving ears of the local vicar, William Borlase (a great-grandson of Dr. William Borlase), intervened and successfully offered a financial incentive of five shillings to the farmer to build it elsewhere. Five shillings = 25p would not change many farmer's minds now I fear.