<< Our Photo Pages >> Cerrig y Gof - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 13 March 2003  Page Views: 14659

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cerrig y Gof Alternative Name: The Blacksmith's Stones
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Newport  Nearest Village: Dinas Cross
Map Ref: SN0364938901  Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 52.013706N  Longitude: 4.862641W
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.
 4 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
 5

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

PAB would like to visit

bishop_pam visited on 6th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

paulcall sem have visited here

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by PaulM : CERRIG Y GOF CHAMBERS NGR: SN03633889 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35)) Five cists arranged in an oval are visible from a field entrance west of Newport on the A487(T) in Pembrokeshire in SW Wales. Apparently the farmer does not mind considerate visitors entering the field to look. May have been in use into the Bronze Age and covered by an oval mound. ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tombs in Pembrokeshire

Five cists arranged in an oval are visible from a field entrance west of Newport on the A487(T) in Pembrokeshire in SW Wales. Apparently the farmer does not mind considerate visitors entering the field to look. May have been in use into the Bronze Age and covered by an oval mound.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by cerrig : This was meant to be a photo of the sun setting into the sea beyond Dinas head , as it does at Summer solstice , but the cloud built up and hid any further views , so this is all you get . (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by woodini254 : Cerrig y Gof looking out to the sea. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by paulcall : There is a fantastic view from this unusual monument towards Dinas Head. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig y Gof Tomb
Cerrig y Gof Tomb submitted by enkidu41 : SN 0365 3890 There are 5 square and rectangular chambers arranged radially in a 36' by 27' mound. 4 of the chambers still have their capstones surviving. The tomb may be a transitional form between neolithic and bronze age burial practice. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by Horatio : I'm thinking this site is SO different to all the other sites in Pembrokeshire it really requires an information board, I think I'll email the Pembrokeshire Park resident archaeologist, see if this could be an option?(doubtful in this economic climate) The view looking north with Newport Bay and Dinas Island in the background.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by Horatio : Showing four of the five cists that radiate outwards, I really hate to admit this but I'm stood on the fifth recumbent cist lid to get some height for this photo, (I'd left my stick in the car) I'm fairly lightweight at 28 stones, so no damage done. This is just a great burial chamber and must be seen to be appreciated ideally before it gets too overgrown in the summer months. Times like this I wi...

Cerrig y Gof Stone
Cerrig y Gof Stone submitted by woodini254 : Another view of Cerrig-y-Gof.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by rogerkread : Cerrig y Gof sadly overgrown now (2015), a real contrast to when last here in 2009. Field full of unmown grass, neighbouring cup-marked stone now unfindable. Shows the relationship of the site to the coast and Dinas Island.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : Big cist with capstone.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : A big capstone carefully nudged to one side.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : Brilliant to see the place free of ferns and nettles.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : The stone that echoes the rock.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : Spring 2012.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by postman : Autumn 2009

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by Bladup : Cerrig y Gof.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by sem : This site is a confusion of stone and comprises five chambers. It was excavated in 1811 by Fenton who discovered "charcoal, and soon after pieces of urns of the rudest pottery, particles of bones and a quantity of black sea pebbles."

Cerrig Y Gof
Cerrig Y Gof submitted by robc : An outlying stone thought to be part of site. This one seems to be cup-marked.

Cerrig Y Gof
Cerrig Y Gof submitted by robc : The name of this monument translates as "Rock of the Smith". Antiquarian descriptions of the site suggest that there were other standing standing stones around the site.

Cerrig y Gof
Cerrig y Gof submitted by Adam Stanford : Also known as Cerrig Atgof, this unusual coastal tomb stands between Dinas Head and the Nevern River, at around 46m AOD. Affinities with tombs in Ireland and Scotland have been noted, and it has been suggested that architectural influences may have been transmitted along Irish Sea trade routes (Castleden, 1992). Daniel (1950) includes the tomb within his Irish Sea cultural province as a late innov...

Cerrig y Gof stone
Cerrig y Gof stone submitted by PaulM : The cup marked stone by the Cerrig-y-Gof burial chamber.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 110m NNW 331° Cerrig y Gof Stone* Rock Art (SN036390)
 426m NNE 18° Standing Stone near Tyconel Farm* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN038393)
 1.5km SE 129° Carn Ffoi* Hillfort (SN048379)
 1.9km SE 136° Waun Fawr Ancient Village or Settlement (SN049375)
 1.9km S 185° Mynydd Melyn Settlement 2 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN034370)
 2.1km E 88° Inscribed cross stones St. Mary's church* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN058389)
 2.2km E 82° Golden Lion stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN058391)
 2.4km SE 134° Carn Ingli Mountain IA Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SN053372)
 2.4km S 174° Bedd Morris* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN0381836502)
 2.4km ENE 77° Carreg Coetan Arthur* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SN06033935)
 2.5km SSE 165° Mynydd Caregog Ancient Village or Settlement (SN042365)
 2.6km SSW 194° Mynydd Melyn Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN029364)
 2.6km SSW 194° Mynydd Melyn Cairn Cairn (SN029364)
 2.7km SE 137° Carn Llwyd* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN054369)
 2.7km ESE 103° Carn Llwyd Open Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN0623038205)
 2.7km WNW 297° Castell Cwm y Eglwys Hillfort (SN013402)
 2.7km SE 131° Carn Briw* Cairn (SN0563537067)
 2.7km ESE 111° Crn Llwyd Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN0613537828)
 2.7km SE 141° Carn Ingli Kerb Cairn Cairn (SN053367)
 2.8km SE 136° Carn Edward Ancient Village or Settlement (SN055368)
 2.8km SSE 156° Gochel Sythi Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN047363)
 2.8km W 265° Dinas Cross Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN00813875)
 2.9km SSW 197° Mynydd Melyn Settlement 1 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN027362)
 2.9km ESE 110° Carn Ingli Settlement Hillfort (SN063378)
 2.9km ESE 110° Carn Ingli Mountain Neolithic Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SN063378)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Ri Cruin

Yeavering Bell >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Fairy Paths and Death Roads - Paul Devereux

Fairy Paths and Death Roads - Paul Devereux

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Cerrig y Gof" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Cerrig y Gof by Andy B on Tuesday, 19 October 2021
(User Info | Send a Message)
Luke Jenkins writes: Perhaps Pembrokeshire's strangest tomb? Cerrig Y Gof outside of Newport is a real oddity. Consisting of five enormous megalithic cist graves spread out radially probably having a covering mound. This tomb doesn't fit into a neat typological box.

This tomb was fully excavated by Richard Fenton a local antiquarian in the 18th Century. The report includes a whole 4 and a half lines of text remarking that he found 'the rudest pot' and some pebbles.

https://twitter.com/LukeJenkinsarch/status/1450371258449809410

Also thanks to Llinos Mair for the site name translation.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig y Gof by Andy B on Wednesday, 25 April 2018
(User Info | Send a Message)
Of great interest to archaeologists, this tomb has five small burial chambers (cists) radiating out from the centre of an oval mound. George Nash suggests this tomb may show the transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age tomb design. An outlying stone, not necessarily an erected one, at SN 0357 3892 is cupmarked.

We are lucky it still survives. In l853 an antiquarian vicar, the Rev H. Longueville Jones reported: “Five cromlechau arranged like the radii of a circle.. all cleared from the surrounding stones and earth; the tenant is very anxious for their removal, .. the probability, therefore, is that within a few years a new wall will have been added to the field, but that this almost unique monument will have disappeared.”(Arch Cambrensis 4, p 276). By l872 the journal reported that some of the stones had been removed. The l872 plan and line drawings are easier to follow than more modern photos.

Source:
http://www.catexpert.co.uk/standing-stones/wales/
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig y Gof by coldrum on Sunday, 11 April 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
Street View


View Larger Map
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.