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Photo Pages: Gwal y Filiast - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 18 April 2004  Page Views: 3891
Megaliths in Wales Site Name: Gwal y Filiast Alternate Name: Bwrdd Arthur
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: St Clears  Nearest Village: Llanboidy
Map Ref: SN171256  Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.898848N  Longitude: 4.659786W
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.
 5 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.
 3 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
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Gwal y Filiast submitted by PaulM

Chambered Tomb in Carmarthenshire

Located 6km south east of Crymych in Carmarthenshire on a steep wooded ridge overlooking the River Taf (at this point the river changes character from slow flowing to rapids). The large capstone (pointing towards the river to the west) is supported by four uprights. The tomb would once have been covered by an oval or circular mound - some kerbstones remain.

Gwal y Filiast submitted by rocknroll
Taken 6/2/07. The trees on the outside of the clearing all bear carvings from previous visitors, the oldest of which that I could find was carved in the 1940s!

Gwal y Filiast submitted by paulcall
Photo taken in 1996 before the tree was taken down down in front of the outlying stone. It is such a wonderful place that I make no excuses for submitting this old picture.

Gwal y Filiast submitted by pab
Ancient Track alongside Gwal y Filiast. The 5 point score for 'ambience' is very well deserved - it brought a real smile to my face when this delightful site came into view along a path which had clearly been used for centuries. The alternative name mentioned elsewhere of Dolwilym (William's Meadow) just doesn't do the place justice! The surrounding area has been sensitively cleared to let

Gwal Y Filiast submitted by PaulM
The internal stones arrangement at Gwal Y Filiast.

Gwal Y Filiast submitted by robc
This name translates as "Lair of the Greyhound Bitch", but this Neolithic burial chamber is often refered to as Dolwilym. This chamber was originally thought to surrounded by circle of stones. But only two small stones seem to remain.
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    Re: Gwal y Filiast (Score: 1)
    by PaulM on Tuesday, 25 October 2005
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    When we first visited this site it gave us the willies (Blair Witch type experience!) but in the autumn of 2005 the site is totally different.

    20 minute walk there (25 back as it is slightly up hill) if you go from the north - the path can get very wet.
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