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Photo Pages: Carreg Samson - Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Wales in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
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Submitted by JJ_Evendon on Monday, 16 August 2004 Page Views: 10169
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 Site Name: Carreg Samson Alternative Name: Carreg Sampson
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Type: Burial Chamber (Dolmen)
Nearest Town: Fishguard Nearest Village: Mathry
Map Ref: SM848335 Landranger Map Number: 157
Latitude: 51.958230N Longitude: 5.133494W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Pembrokeshire
This Neolithic burial chamber stands in splendid isolation overlooking the bay. The capstone is supported on three of the seven upright stones, and the whole structure was once covered by a mound of earth or stones. Earlier this century stones were used to block the holes in the sides of this tomb and it was used as a sheep-shelter.
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 Carreg Samson submitted by Sunny100
A moody image of the Neolithic burial chamber with the sun going down. The chamber/cromlech is 5,000 years old. It stands on three up-rights, the other two are not supporting it. Legends says that St Samson lifted the 15 foot long capstone into place.
 Carreg Samson submitted by coin
pillow lava in the supporting pillars
 Carreg Samson submitted by pab
Happy St David's Day, from Carreg Samson! This lamb and his friends seemed almost as pleased to be there as we were... bet they hadn't done an 8-mile round trip just to be there though!
And was it worth it? ...absolutely, eating our sandwiches watching them play under the stones must be one of the best Sunday lunches possible.
 Carreg Samson submitted by ironagedave
Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Wales
 Carreg Samson submitted by ironagedave
Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Wales
 Carreg Samson submitted by ironagedave
 Carreg Samson submitted by jesamine
Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Another view.
 Carreg Samson submitted by jesamine
Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Wales
Carreg Samson in all its glory.
 Carreg Samson submitted by pab
View for those of a nervous disposition....as the site is very much on a working farm!
 Carreg Samson submitted by rldixon
Carreg samson cromlech taken in infra red.
 Carreg Samson submitted by pab
Lichen-covered stones, demonstrating just how pure and clear the Pembrokeshire air is after so many centuries!
 Carreg Samson submitted by pab
Confirming both the photo and the site as worthy winner of the Spring 2006 prize!
We loved the long late afternoon shadows, and the one of the 'principal sheep' made us realise that many ancient animal drawings make more sense if thought of as shadow tracings? The theory falls down rather for cave paintings though!
One wonderful thing about this site is the fact that there is a 'CL' campsite
 Carreg Samson submitted by stonetramp
First Prize in Category A
This stunning cromlech is right on the Pembrokeshire coast, not far from Fishguard. It sits in a coastal sheep meadow, accessable over the cattle grid off the farm driveway. The ambience is magnificent as you can see.
 Carreg Samson submitted by AngieLake
This shows the NE end of the dolmen, and the sideways tilt, and higher end, of the capstone of Carreg Sampson. The beautiful view is behind me here. The path from the farm follows the wall behind the dolmen.
 Carreg Samson submitted by AngieLake
Carreg Sampson in Pembrokeshire stands in such a lovely position that it is usually photographed from the most picturesque angle, showing the bay and distant Strumble Head. This time it is viewed from its longer SE side, giving a better idea of the size, and slope of the capstone. (From memory, the capstone sloped up towards the NE, and Strumble Head.)
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Re: Carreg Samson (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 02 December 2004 | I note that this is spelled both ways: Samson & Sampson
Which is correct?
Mike Sampson | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Carreg Samson (Score: 1)
by h_fenton on Sunday, 23 October 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Another interesting point to note is that three of the uprights (grouped together) at Carreg Sampson are of a quite a fine grained rock, while the other uprights and capstone are of a different rock. You can see this quite clearly in the photos submitted by AngieLake. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Carreg Samson (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 11 September 2008 | Carreg Samson is probably better known locally as Long House cromlech--after the farm on whose land it is situated.
Phiillip Matthews , Trefin. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Carreg Samson (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 02 November 2009 | One of my students reports that the burial chamber has been pretty much destroyed, is that true?
Karl-James Langford
Timesigns Archaeology
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