<< Our Photo Pages >> Pentre Ifan - Portal Tomb in Wales in Pembrokeshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pentre Ifan Alternative Name: Coetan Arthur; Arthur's QuoitCountry: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Brynberian
Map Ref: SN09943702 Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.999005N Longitude: 4.770042W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Couplands visited on 29th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Chrus visited on 1st Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
sba_dk visited on 25th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Orcinus visited on 28th Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Spectacular monument
pammyamf visited on 1st Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Richard13 visited on 15th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
bishop_pam visited on 26th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Aluta visited on 21st Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Had always wanted to see it and was delighted to get there. I was most impressed with the views of the mountain outcroppings from there. Surely its placement must have had something to do with that.
CP2002 visited on 1st Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
ForestWalker visited on 20th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 This is my favourite site in Wales and it was a perfect one to visit with my two sons, not least of all because it is situated at the top of a slope - excellent for rolling down.
The stones themselves make an impressive sight against the surrounding farmland. The path to reach the site is relatively flat.
luaucow visited on 1st Apr 2018 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 4
trystan_hughes visited on 30th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
ChasDrown visited on 20th May 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
markhewins visited on 30th Sep 2014 Iconic day!
Anne T visited on 23rd Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire: I was particularly excited to go to the site, as I’d seen many photographs and paintings of Pentre Ifan during our brief visit to Pembrokeshire, together with photographs on the Portal. I was unprepared for the sheer number of visitors who came to see this spectacular burial chamber. However, everyone seemed to respect others need to take photographs and kept out of each other’s way, which was nice. We also got into conversation with a Japanese lady about how they had raised the cap stone.
I was truly amazed at how the cap stone balances on the pointed tips of just three uprights. All around are larger stones which may have been part of the structure in the past.
The views over to Newport sands and the sea are wonderful. I would like to go back to the site at a quieter time and just sit and absorb it.
davel visited on 7th Feb 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
druid5 visited on 29th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 I love this site. This is the second time I have visited. I am doing an art course at present and have painted Pentre Ifan in mixed media which was recently displayed in an exhibition in Shrewsbury by The Marches Art Group of which I am a member.
woodini254 visited on 28th Dec 2010 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 This a superb burial chamber and is accessible via a lay by and a very short walk to the site. Well worth visiting.
rhodct visited on 6th Apr 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SteveC visited on 21st Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
jeffrep visited on 24th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Wernddofn visited We often visit Pentre Ifan...a very special place.
SimonBlackmore visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Jimwithnoname visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A beautiful site and constantly having visitors.
mbfrezon visited - their rating: Amb: 5 Access: 4 Stunning. A large group was coming out as I went in and I was so glad to be alone there and to be able to spend my time looking at the site in peace. I appreciated that the entrance and signage were low key and minimal.
JCBH visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Pentre Ifan. Visited many times.
KieKa visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Penbron Humbucker Tonnox SandyG Bladup DrewParsons paulcall PAB rldixon Arjessa Serenstar Serenstar mrcrow have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.08 Ambience: 4.62 Access: 4.08
Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be found on site. Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath.
This monument is recorded as Coflein NPRN 101450, which tells us: " Pentre Ifan is perhaps the finest surviving Neolithic tomb in Wales and forms one of a group of Portal Dolmens built around the tributaries of the Nevern Valley approximately 6,000 years ago".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes background information, a photograph, brief details of excavations in 1936/37 and 1958/59, plus an 1809 drawing by Richard Colt.
Note: Photo by Horatio who writes: all on my own for the solstice sunset, apart from a 13yr old Jack Russell. That morning I'd gone to Gors Fawr stone circle in the rain knowing there was zero chance of seeing a sunrise but I enjoyed being amongst the stones
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