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Submitted by Sunny100 on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 10550

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tan-Y-Muriau Alternative Name: Rhiw Burial Chamber
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: SH23772877  Landranger Map Number: 123
Latitude: 52.827562N  Longitude: 4.617174W
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.
 4 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
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Couplands visited on 24th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Catrinm visited on 31st Mar 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Access from rhiw footpath deliberately blocked by landowner - footpath not accessible because of barbed wire / blocked field entrances/ ‘ no footpath ‘ signs.. Thus visible only from a distance on this route ( there is another path which runs close) - but in many ways this dustant view ver impressive as you rarely see two dolmens/longcairns together



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

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Tan-y-Muriau submitted by Sunny100 : Tan-y-Muriau Chambered Cairn in Gwynedd, at SH.238288. [A bigger picture]. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Rhiw Burial Chamber, also known as Tan-y-Muriau chamber, stands on the lower slopes of Mynydd Rhiw, N of the village of Rhiw. It is variously referred to as a chambered long cairn, a dolmen and a cromlech.

It dates from the Neolithic Age. The giant capstone is 20 foot long but has slipped somewhat, but the up-right stones still manage to support it, and its portal is still there, just about.

Close by another fallen capstone can be seen but this Neolithic chamber has been damaged. The middle part has obviously been robbed to make nearby walls, and its uprights are scattered about or missing. However, this does not detract from the beauty of these pre-historic sites, which overlook Porth Neigul and the southern tip of the Lleyn Peninsula. Near by at Cilan Uchaf, a single stone is all that remains of a lost burial chamber - again the stones have, sadly, been robbed away.
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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, The Eastern chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine : 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine : The view, 2008

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Catrinm : Image of both capstones in distance from West

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, Both chambers.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, Both chambers looking East.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, Uprights inside the Western chamber.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, The two chambers looking West.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, The large capstone of the Western chamber.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by Bladup : Tan-Y-Muriau, The Eastern chamber.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by postman : Both chambers some years ago and free of undergrowth.

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by postman : Under the dolmen, one wonders if the crest has some significance

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by postman : The walled up side of the Dolmen

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Tan-Y-Muriau submitted by postman : looking towards Hells mouth

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Tan-y-Muriau submitted by Sunny100 : Tan Y Muriau Chambered tombs in Gwynedd, at SH.238288.[A better picture].

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Tan-y-Muriau submitted by Sunny100

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Re: Tan-Y-Muriau by rogerkread on Monday, 07 October 2013
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Very unfriendly feeling here now (early October 2013). Much 'improvement' work on houses nearby, the coastal path has been diverted away from the area, lots of barbed wire and large PRIVATE signs everywhere, barking dogs. No apparent means of access without trespass, nobody around to ask. Sad. AND my photographs didn't come out at all well! So not a happy visit.
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Re: Tan-Y-Muriau access by TimPrevett on Sunday, 08 August 2010
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If using the Gwynedd guidebook from CADW and Frances Lynch, the stone stile referred to is blocked off. Access is to the left rear of the house through a gate: given it's private land, do check first, as landowner was enthusiastic to point out it's private property, but did point in the right direction when showing the guidebook and professing interest in such places.
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Re: Tan-Y-Muriau by coldrum on Saturday, 09 January 2010
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Coflein site entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95290/details/RHIW+BURIAL+CHAMBERS%3B+TAN-Y-MURIAU+CHAMBERED+CAIRN/
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