Featured: How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

Random Image


Knossos

Explore Cornwall with the amazing Megalithic Portal smartphone app

Explore Cornwall with the amazing Megalithic Portal smartphone app

Who's Online

There are currently, 291 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

More Choices

Contribute to our running costs
Webrings
News Feeds
Megalithic Mysteries
Our Online Shop

<< Our Photo Pages >> Ty Illtyd - Chambered Cairn in Wales in Powys

Submitted by Johnny on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 11817

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ty Illtyd Alternative Name: Ty Illytud
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.559 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Brecon
Map Ref: SO09842637  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 51.928517N  Longitude: 3.312627W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

SumDoood would like to visit

cerrig eyesopen have visited here

Ty Illtyd Chambered Cairn
Ty Illtyd Chambered Cairn submitted by Johnny : Ty Illtyd Chambered Long Cairn (Powys, S0 098 264) This site, high up on a hilltop ridge above Llamhamlach, commands panoramic views along the floodplains of the Usk river. The north-facing chamber of the tomb, with capstone in situ, lies just off-centre in a much denuded oval shaped mound 23.0 metres in length and 15.5 metres wide. Several upright stones outside the chamber may once have deli... (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site, high up on a hilltop ridge above Llamhamlach, commands panoramic views along the floodplains of the Usk river. The north-facing chamber of the tomb, with capstone in situ, lies just off-centre in a much denuded oval shaped mound 23.0 metres in length and 15.5 metres wide.

Several upright stones outside the chamber may once have delineated a forecourt area suggesting that Ty Illtyd may have been a simple terminal chamber tomb. There is, however, some evidence that other chambers may once have existed.

An interesting additional feature of Ty Illtyd is that several of the slabs forming the chamber bear incised crosses, some plain, some enclosed in lozenges and some doubled. These are believed to date to early mediaeval times.

Note: This site is located on private land - permission should be sought from the nearby farm.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by howe : Photo taken in1973. No change in appearance since then. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Close up of the chamber, looking South. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : Look at it this way. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Bladup : Ty Illtyd chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Looking South East, down the Usk valley. The pointy hill to the left is Yr Allt, with it's own Iron age hillfort on the summit. The far end of the valley as seen from here is Llangattock escarpment. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : A weird bunch of stones, looks man made to me.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Bladup : Ty Illtyd chambered cairn.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Looking North East. The pile of stones over the fence are the result of field clearance.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Looking South, showing the size of the mound. (1 comment)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Main suspect. (2 comments)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by enkidu41 : SO 0984 2637 A Black Mountains group long cairn measuring 75’ by 51’ with a rectangular N-facing burial chamber set off-centre. It has 3 wallstones and a sloping capstone and was over 4' high but the floor level has risen over the years so that the clearance is now under 3'. The chamber opens on to a rectangular forecourt. The large stone to the NE of the chamber (lower left of picture) proba... (1 comment)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by enkidu41 : SO 0984 2637 A Black Mountains group long cairn measuring 75’ by 51’ with a rectangular N-facing burial chamber set off-centre. It has 3 wallstones and a sloping capstone and was over 4' high but the floor level has risen over the years so that the clearance is now under 3'. The chamber opens on to a rectangular forecourt. (2 comments)

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Davidoff : Ty Elltud is situated in a commanding position looking over the Usk valley towards Pen-y-van, the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, and up the valley towards Mynned Illtud. St.illtud was possibly the cousin of King Arthur, Sir Galahad and founder of Wales's first scholastic monastery at Llantwit Major.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : I didn't ask for permission to come up here, consequently when farmer turned up in his tractor there was only one thing for it, hide.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : Great views from up here.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : Clearly the whole thing would have been covered.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Postman : A long view.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by Bladup : Ty Illtyd chambered cairn.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Looking South East, towards the central Beacons, with the Black mountain beyond.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : inside the chamber, western wall. One of the carvings.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : one of the carvings

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : one of the carvings.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : Another suspect.

Ty Illtyd
Ty Illtyd submitted by cerrig : stone pile on bridleway East of Ty Illtyd.

These are just the first 25 photos of Ty Illtyd. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 938m W 271° The Cross of Moridic (Llanhamlach)* Ancient Cross (SO089264)
 984m WNW 292° Llanhamlach Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO08932675)
 2.4km WSW 255° Llanfrynach Early Christian Stone* Ancient Cross (SO07512579)
 3.0km ESE 121° Allt yr Esgair* Hillfort (SO124248)
 3.0km ESE 121° Allt yr Esgair 2 Hillfort (SO124248)
 3.1km E 79° Llangors Crannog* Crannog (SO12872688)
 3.2km SE 144° Gileston* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO11672374)
 3.2km NNW 327° Twyn-Llechfaen* Hillfort (SO081291)
 3.3km SE 130° Allt yr Esgair 3 Hillfort (SO123242)
 3.4km SE 125° Allt-Yr-Yscrin* Cairn (SO12612435)
 3.8km SW 230° Coed y Caerau* Hillfort (SO069240)
 4.0km SW 232° Coed y Brenhin Hillfort* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO06592396)
 4.6km S 180° Tyle Clydach Hillfort (SO09742175)
 4.7km WNW 295° Slwch Camp* Hillfort (SO056284)
 4.7km WSW 241° Rhiwiau Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO0565224123)
 5.1km SSE 162° Tump Wood* Hillfort (SO113215)
 5.6km SSE 165° Pen-Y-Wenallt* Hillfort (SO11162095)
 5.8km WNW 289° Brecknock Museum* Museum (SO044283)
 5.9km WSW 257° Coed Mawr Hillfort* Hillfort (SO04102512)
 5.9km WNW 296° Priory Well (Powys)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO04522906)
 6.2km NW 315° Bishop Gower's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO0551330776)
 6.3km ENE 76° Cockit Hill* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SO16032774)
 6.3km ESE 114° Cefn Moel Round Barrow(s) (SO156237)
 6.4km N 9° Weston Camp* Hillfort (SO110327)
 6.4km ESE 109° Cefn Moel Stone Row / Alignment (SO15932421)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Twyn y Post Ring Cairn

Carreg Waen Llech >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Ty Illtyd" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Report of possible site near Ty Illtyd by cerrig on Thursday, 20 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
I had a walk up this bridleway today to check this out. Met a pleasant couple from London who were looking for Ty Illtyd chambered tomb. The 1/50,000 map not showing field boundaries had thrown them off course. You need to go to the farm further up the lane towards Brecon to get access to Ty Illtyd.
There are several suspicious piles of largeish slabby stones on the path. Certainly just the stuff to build a megalithic structure out of. It's difficult to say which of these are alluded to by Jo Williams, as the grid reference could be linked to several of the piles.
I would guess that most, if not all, are field clearance deposit's. They are piled into the hedgerows adjoining the bridleway. This doesn't mean there isn't something genuinely Megalithic here, perhaps mixed in with later deposit's. It's difficult to be more certain. I will post some photo's of different piles and maybe Jo will recognise the one that aroused suspicion in the first place.
[ Reply to This ]

Report of possible site near Ty Illtyd by Andy B on Wednesday, 19 May 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
We've had a report from Jo Williams:

I was in brecon in december and I came across what seemed like a damaged cromlech. the cap stone was broken but the side stones were still in place as was the forecourt, if not a little damaged, as a path runs right through were the forecourt would have been. Lying on the ground were a few carved rocks (pot marks and lined curves) It was not shown on the OS map.

"on a bridleway that runs north from pen north village, very close to Ty Illtud cromlech. it would have been about the same size too"

Location indicated on map is SO104264 (where the w of Long Barrow is on the OS map above)

Nothing listed on Coflein at that location.

Perhaps someone in the area can have a look and send some photos
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Ty Illtyd by coldrum on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/96/details/TY+ILLTUD+LONG+BARROW/
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.