Not many boulder burials lie close to a road, so I thought this one was worth checking out while passing. It may be just 50m from the road, but it is 50m across a salt marsh and getting to it is a rather interesting excerise.
From the roadside its large flat capstone looks like a turtle sitting in the reeds, its base flush with the ground level. The area around and beneath it has been excavated out and the four stones supporting the top can be clearly seen.
This little tomb is definitely situated to pay some form of homage to the only landmark in the area, the low, but dominating Dunmaus West Hill.
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