There’s no doubt in my mind that Cornwall is a place like nowhere else in the UK, and part of this is because the strange artifacts of our ancestors are left about to view and marvel at.
![Men-an-tol](https://mlt.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/westpenwith-20190826-6815.jpg)
What exactly is the Mên-an-Tol? What use did it have? Why isn’t there another one, somewhere else? [EXIF: Sony A7r III, FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS @ 24mm, 1/125sec @ f/10; ISO 200]
![Lanyon Quoit](https://mlt.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/westpenwith-20190826-6844.jpg)
… and then Lanyon Quoit – a bit easier to explain as it’s thought to be a dolmen (a megalithic tomb) which would have been even more impressive in it’s original form. [EXIF: Sony A7r III, FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS @ 65mm, 1/125sec @ f/20; ISO 400]
There are also villages – such as the one at Chysauster (overlooking Mounts Bay) …
![](https://mlt.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cornwall-20190823-6651.jpg)
[EXIF: Sony A7r III, FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS @ 49mm, 1/125sec @ f/8; ISO 100]
… and burial chambers on a large scale – such as the one at Ballowall Barrow …
![Coastal heather](https://mlt.photography/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Botallack-20190830-7628.jpg)
[EXIF: Sony A7r III, FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS @ 24mm, 1/60sec @ f/20; ISO 100]