Category: Neolithic Monuments
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The Hidden Tombs of Morfa Bychan
Auntie was away for a week with her girls and I was left unsupervised for a week. So I kidnapped Wilf the Dog and we set off in the motorhome for a couple of days to Pendine. It has a fantastic beach where Wilf can run his legs off, which he did. I hadn’t planned…
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Heston Brake
Aunty was away for the weekend and so this gave me the opportunity for some solo exploration of a Neolithic burial chamber not so far from home. Whilst Aunty tolerates my fascination with ancient monuments, it’s not an activity that is actively encouraged. Though I have been accused of having an internal ‘tomb radars as…
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A Tomb with a View – Cilan Uchaf
If you take a short detour off the Wales Coastal Path by clambering over a style and trudge through a couple of fields it’s possible to find the remains of a chambered tomb dating back to the Neolithic period (c. 4,400 BC – 2,900 BC). As remains go there is not much to be impressed…
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Bedd Taliesin
High above Tre Taliesin, on a small plateau in the shelter of Moel y Garn lies a small chambered tomb from the Bronze Age. At 220m above sea levels this is an isolated area today with only a few farms this high, but with superb views over the Dyfi Estuary, except of course on the…
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Garnwern – A Neolithic Cemetery
As we were finishing a section of our walk along the Coastal Path from the lighthouse at Strumble Head to Fishguard I spied a sign pointing to a burial chamber. Now I love a Neolithic burial chamber and on this holiday Aunty had successfully steered me away from any. But it was now in my…
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Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber
Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber Pembrokeshire is so well endowed with ancient monuments, and you are never far away from one wherever you are in the county. The coast around Sea David’s Head is no exception with 3 burial chambers and an Iron Age Fort what else could you need. On the ridge behind ST David’s…
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Carn Llidi Burial Chambers
Below the summit of Carn Llidi there is a rocky outcrop about 120m above sea level that forms a level platform before the climb continues upwards. This area has been used for thousands of years, the latest was during the Second World War an observation post and gun were positioned here to protect the approach…
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Tinkinswood Burial Chamber
Tinkinswood is a stonking big burial chamber by any stretch of the imagination. OK, maybe not in the same league as Maeshowe in the Orkneys, or New Grange in Ireland. But it’s still impressive. The only downside is that unlike the burial chamber at nearby Maesyfelin it does stand out as well. It’s not clearly…
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Maesyfelin Burial Chamber
Sometimes a view looks just right and satisfying. The solid silhouette of Maesyfelin burial chamber outlined against the sky and the rising sun on a cold and frosty Sunday morning felt right. I would like to say that I had walked miles for this lonely and unique view. But that wouldn’t be right. I had…
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Capel Garmon
Hidden in a hollow in the landscape behind Tyn-y-Coed Farm is Capel Garmon Burial Chamber. This is of the Cotswold- Severn type of chamber, an unusual design for this area of Wales, and has created some debate on why it so far north. The first excavation was undertaken by the then Ministry of Works in…
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