Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 (circa)
Materials
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890166.24
Summary
A photograph showing a burial chamber, Trethevy Quoit, with at least five large vertical stones coved by one horizontal stone. Bearded man wearing dark suit and bowler hat, sitting in front of stones (rather blurred). Moorland behind with two buildings in far distance. Contained in a very large dark brown leather photograph album with gold tooling on front, back and on spine and 'Charles Lygon-Cocks / Hys / Photographs' in gold on front cover.
Provenance
Col. Charles Lygon Somers Cocks was related to the Agar-Robartes through the Carew Pole family. He commissioned George Gilbert Scott to design his house,Treverbyn Vean, St. Neot, and William Burges to design the interiors.