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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pentre Ifan - Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Wales in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
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Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 30 November 2004 Page Views: 20863
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Wales
Site Name: Pentre Ifan Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Type: Burial Chamber (Dolmen)
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Brynberian
Map Ref: SN09983698 Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.998660N Longitude: 4.769438W
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
Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath. One of the most spectacular and famous monuments of its type it consists of a tilted capstone perched on three uprights. A blocking stone obstructs the doorway and a semi-circular forecourt is found at the southern end. Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be found on site.
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 Pentre Ifan submitted by ainsloch
The famous "floating capstone" on a bright April morning
 Pentre Ifan submitted by Bladup
Pentre Ifan.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by Bladup
 Pentre Ifan submitted by durhamnature
Horse riders under the dolmen, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org
 Pentre Ifan submitted by durhamnature
The dolmen, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org
 Pentre Ifan submitted by Bladup
Pentre Ifan. Little picture.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by Sunny100
Engraving of Pentre Ifan by the English antiquarian and archaeologist Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) during his visit to Pembrokeshire in 1809.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by trish3
On a cloudy day
 Pentre Ifan submitted by pab
Extraterrestrial visitor to Pentre Ifan?
I was sorting through some photos of a visit in Sept 2010, when I noticed one with an intriguing shadow...look familiar to anyone?
This wasn't set up - I think I must have just taken a shot quickly before the other person who had arrived came into shot...
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
The huge, curving capstone's eastern side seems to float lightly on its supports.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
The intriguing three large knobs of granite on the SW horizon always draw the eye when visiting Pentre Ifan. I wonder if they were significant to the builders? I imagine they are outcrops of rock on the Preselis, like the tors of Dartmoor, though they appear rather like large cairns. SW would be in the direction of Winter Solstice sunset, so may be important?
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
More enormous stones, that look as if they once played an important part at this site, lie by the pathway. Jackie approaches the site information board, with Pentre Ifan just left of centre, here, and Carn Ingli's peak looming out of the rain.
Evening of 24 April 2012.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
Just inside the gate, an easy path leads to the monument, and already you notice suspicious large stones lining your route.
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
CADW's Pentre Ifan site notice board beside the gate, and near the layby. (Plenty of parking space here.)
 Pentre Ifan submitted by AngieLake
The inner face of the stone that supports the capstone at the rear of the chamber.
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Wernddofn: We often visit Pentre Ifan...a very special place.
druid5: 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 ...
woodini254: This a superb burial chamber and is accessible via a lay by and a very short walk to the site. Well worth visiting.
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Discover Pentre Ifan, Tue 24th July (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 July 2012
(User Info | Send a Message) | County: Pembrokeshire
Tue 24 July; 14.00
The ancient burial chamber of Pentre Ifan has intrigued people for centuries. Learn about its secrets and how it fits into the wider landscape.
Location: Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, Brynberian, Near Newport. Signposted off the A487 north of Newport Pembs
Org: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Name: Rhonwen Owen
Tel: 01239 891319
Email: enquiries@castellhenllys.com
Web: http://www.castellhenllys.com
Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2012 | [ Reply to This ]
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Damage to Pentre Ifan Jan 2012 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | Jut seen this today
http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/231780-pentre-ifan/all
can someone please report these idiots | [ Reply to This ]
Re: Damage to Pentre Ifan Jan 2012 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | | Imbeciles. Still, the authorities know where to go, as they quite openly state who they are and when they were doing this. |
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Discovering Pentre Ifan, Tue 19 & Tue 26 July (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Sunday, 19 June 2011
(User Info | Send a Message) | Discovering Pentre Ifan
Tue 19 & Tue 26 July 14.00–15.00
This ancient monument to the dead has intrigued people for centuries. Discover its secrets and how it fits into the surrounding landscape. Free.
Location: Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, Brynberian SA41. Follow signs for “burial chamber” signposted off the A487 north of Newport, Pembrokeshire
Org: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Name: Rhonwen Owen
Tel: 01239 891319
Email: enquiries@castellhenllys.com
Web: http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org
Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2011 | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Pentre Ifan (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, 17 October 2008 | | Hi! im doing a school project on the Pentre Ifan.I was wondering about something.What was it created for?What was it made of?how was it made& how did it the people who made it get it on top of each other? | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Pentre Ifan (Score: 1)
by whiteone on Thursday, 10 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | I am a dowser with some interest in earth energies. I paid a brief visited to this site in July while on family holiday. These are my comments on what I found for what they are worth.
Given the layout of the site with the principle axis of the cap stone running roughly N-S and the curved 'entrance' facing south, I found weak energy line running E-W passing through the three 'entrance' stones supporting the cap at the south end. I also found a somewhat more energetic line running south from the centre stone of the three above. In front of the most easterly of these three was an energy point source (as distinct from a sink) of a very high magnitude and not a very confortable place to be. As I continued around the back (north) side and under the cap stone I found the most surpising thing of all - that being precisely nothing. There was no continuation of the N-S line from the front, no echos of the E-W line and no human energy remnants where they might be expected; nothing. All the energy that was active that day was within the area of the dished entrance way as if focused there. I did not have time study the site further and my knowledge of dolmems is poor so I can only report what I found but there are two words in the previous sentence that give a clue as to what I am thinking.
I arrived at the site with no anticipations and I left the site with no sense of it having been a burial chamber so what else those energies where telling me is very tantelising indeed. Any helpful views would be appreciated. | [ Reply to This ]
Re: Pentre Ifan (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Thursday, 10 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Hi Whiteone. I dowsed this site in 2002, and found very interesting ritual movement patterns in the forecourt. If you'd like to see the plan I can post it to you. They are fairly typical of most other sites of this nature. (contact me on private site page) |
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Work at Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber 30/11/04 (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Thursday, 07 April 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | Work to make Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber accessible to more visitors has recently been undertaken. The path to the monument has been improved; it is now wider and has passing places. The surface is firm and the gradient has been reduced. It is possible to park in the lane close to the monument.
If you need more information about visiting the site, please contact Site Operations staff at Cadw, telephone 01443 336 104.
Pentre Ifan – the name means 'the homestead of Ifan' – is an impressive and atmospheric site near Newport in Pembrokeshire. In 1884 it was the first monument in Britain to become a Scheduled Ancient Monument, on the recommendation of General Pitt Rivers. Original sketches from that period are shown on the right.
The massive stones would have contained a chamber where the remains of the dead – probably several generations of a family group – could be placed. The walls would have been completed with dry-stone walling, and the whole covered with cobbles. Building the structure would have been a huge communal effort – the capstone weighs over 16 tons and the complete structure was 36m (120ft) long. When the site was excavated, no human remains were found, though some pieces of pottery and flint were recovered.
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=21&NewsId=86
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