Wales
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Llech y Drybedd – Pembrokeshire, Wales
Llech y Drybedd is an impressive Neolithic cromlech near Moylegrove in Pembrokeshire. Coflein describes the site as.. “A free standing megalithic chamber, with earthfast stones supporting a substantial capstone: no traces of a mound are mentioned.” There is no designated parking at this site, so we park in Moylegrove and walk along the road. Here…
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Sweyne’s Howes – Gower, Wales
Sweyne’s Howes is a Neolithic site on Rhossili Downs in Gower, Wales. Today, the site comprises of two ruined cromlechs. In this post we will cover the archaeology of the site, as well as the Viking legends associated with the name.. The North Cairn – The northern of the two is the slightly better preserved..…
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Cerrig y Gof
This site sits in a field overlooking the coast near Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.. It’s been a site of great interest to antiquarians and archaeologists for hundreds of years and we had been been eager to visit for some time! In Pembrokeshire we have a large concentration of dolmens that survive today. From the classic…
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Bedd-yr-Afanc – Pembrokeshire, Wales
Bedd-yr-Afanc is a Neolithic ‘gallery chamber’ situated in a boggy moorland in the Preseli Hills. Information on how to get there will be posted below.. The following is quoted from ‘The last Dragon. A Book of Pembrokeshire Folk Tales’ written by Brian John [1992]: “Not far from Brynberian there is a most unusual burial chamber…
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Foel Drygarn Hillfort
Foel Drygarn sits 1.5 miles from the village of Crymych in Pembrokeshire.. It’s classified as an Iron Age hillfort, within which lies three cairns which pre-date the fort and are thought to be from the Bronze Age. Within the ramparts there are around 227 hut platforms.. built around three large cairns at the summit of…
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Twlc y Filiast
This disturbed neolithic megalith sits in a woodland in the small village of Llangynog in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In this post we’ll cover the excavations that took place here in the 1950s, as well as delve into the legends surrounding its name… Excavation of the site:The site was excavated in 1953 by Hubert N. Savory. The…
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The Hanging Stone – Pembrokeshire, Wales
‘The Hanging Stone’ – Neolithic Cromlech in Burton, Pembrokeshire – Wales In 1872, British antiquarian Edward Barnwell visited this site and provided illustrations which were drawn by James Tomb and his sister Miss Grace. The following is from the Archaeologia Cambrensis (Fourth Series No. X April 1872): “.. in the parish of Burton, near Haverfordwest,…
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Meini Gwyr – Bronze Age Site – Carmarthenshire, Wales
Meini Gwyr.. situated in Glandy Cross in Carmarthenshire, straddling the Pembrokeshire boundary.. Today, all that remains of this monument, estimated to be from the Bronze Age, is a few lonely stones. In the 17th Century Edward Lhuyd recorded that there were still fifteen stones in the circle, and he was aware that some stones had…
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