<< Our Photo Pages >> Hendre Waelod - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Wales in Conwy
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hendre Waelod Alternative Name: Allor MolochCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.562 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Conwy Nearest Village: Llanfransaid Glan Co
Map Ref: SH79297474 Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.255893N Longitude: 3.810886W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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SteCymru14 visited on 16th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Lane was a bit of pain on the way but a small area for parking was obvious.
When we arrived we were welcomed by some cows when we attempted to cross the field via the public footpath so we found a small road leading to a house and followed that - I’m not sure whether we should have but oh well! Dare I say it, our track was far less muddy than the public footpath.
Beautiful setting aside, the site was nice to visit. Is there any chance that the two [remaining?] uprights were pillars originally? I’d guess at no due to size of the capstone but I did question it.
Also, is there any information of who ‘Moloch’ was and why this was considered his altar?
Diolch yn fawr a mwynhewch.
DrewParsons have visited here
References
Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E. Powell et al (Liverpool 1969).
To add to this - the footpath takes you straight to the site which is fenced off. The dolmen, when complete, would have (presumably) had its main long axis running down the spur from the hill named Bryniau leading to the Afon Conwy. The monument would have been seen as part of the spur itself. Despite its ruined state it is well worth the short walk.
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