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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tyn y Coed - Chambered Cairn in Wales in Denbighshire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Friday, 30 January 2004  Page Views: 11907

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tyn y Coed Alternative Name: Tan-y-Coed
Country: Wales County: Denbighshire Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Cynwyd  Nearest Village: Rhydyglafes
Map Ref: SJ0476839603  Landranger Map Number: 125
Latitude: 52.945333N  Longitude: 3.418691W
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.
3 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
4

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Marko visited on 25th Jan 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Right by the side of the road! Parking was easy and despite the heavy rain spent sometime there soaking (no pun intentended!!) in this atmospheric chamber.

TimPrevett have visited here

Tyn y Coed
Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : 28/04/09 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Denbighshire. Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber, Nr Cynwyd, at SJ.047396. This burial chamber or chambered cairn stands in a field about half a mile SW of the village of Rhydyglafes, clolse to the B4401 road to Llandrillo.

Its capstone is 3m long and is propped up, at one end, by small boulders, whilst at the W end it sits snuggly into a 30 foot long burial mound. Although the chamber has been destroyed and robbed, it is still quite recognisable for what it once was - a pre-historic burial site of the Neolithic Age.
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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : Sticking my hand through the stones for a peep inside 28/04/09 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tyn y Coed submitted by LivingRocks : As Shropshire Traveller says this is a large barrow, the size is easier to appreciate in Winter. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tyn Y Coed Chambered Cairn
Tyn Y Coed Chambered Cairn submitted by TimPrevett : SJ048397 Large capstone with small chamber, and long barrow still remain here. Hard to capture on film, but when viewed from the NW side, the size is better appreciated. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tyn y Coed submitted by Bladup : Tyn y Coed, Large capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tyn y Coed submitted by Bladup : Tyn y Coed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tyn y Coed submitted by Bladup : Tyn y Coed

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Tyn y Coed submitted by Bladup : Tyn y Coed.

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Tyn Y Coed submitted by Sunny100 : Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber Nr Cynwyd, at SJ.047396. Closer-up view.

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : 28/04/09

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett

Tyn y Coed
Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : From the SE 28/04/09

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : From the SW 28/04/09

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Tyn y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : 28/04/09 - stone debris shoring up track side near the chambered tomb (to rear)

Tyn y Coed
Tyn y Coed submitted by LivingRocks : The large capstone of Tyn y Coed, The site seems somewhat unloved by the farmer, the surrounding area being turned to a mire by tractors and littered with assorted bits of debris.

Tyn Y Coed
Tyn Y Coed submitted by TimPrevett : SJ048397 Large capstone with small chamber, and long barrow still remain here. Hard to capture on film, but when viewed from the NW side, the size is better appreciated.

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Re: Tyn y Coed by Hilldweller01 on Thursday, 26 October 2023
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Hi, visited 23/10/2023. Site visible from road but dangerous and no place to stop. There is a field entrance but parking off road incurs the wrath of (?) local landowner who is totally unreasonable / aggressive about allowing access to photograph this monument. The agricultural destruction of its immediate surrounds make it very difficult to put this deteriorating monument in context.
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Re: Tyn y Coed by sem on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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Quote from Coflein "There is a roughly square megalithic chamber within, its present entrance dating from re-use as a kennel, or store."
Especially amusing given that Welsh names for burial chambers often allude to dogs being kept there!
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Re: Tyn y Coed by davidmorgan on Friday, 22 March 2013
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Re: Tyn y Coed by PAB on Tuesday, 08 July 2008
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Hi Donna - there seem to be 2 'Houses in the woods' - the one spelt Ty'n-y-Coed [SH818543] is the farm near the village of Capel Garmon where the burial chamber (also called Capel Garmon) is. The other one [SJ048397] is 17 miles SE (as the raven flies), and is called Tyn y Coed on the Portal.

I can easily see that someone living near Capel Garmon would relate to the adjacent farm and think of them as refering to the same site... now I will have to find the second one too - just for curiosity!
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Re: Tyn y Coed by donnajenkins on Monday, 07 July 2008
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hi can someone tell me if the TYN -Y COED megalith is the same thing as Capel Garmon Burial chamber? When i was in Bettws Y Coed on the weekend i was told they are the same thing so we didn't bother visiting as we have been to the burial chamber several times but now we are home i have had a look on the internet and they look different

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