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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Presaddfed
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Holyhead  Nearest Village: Bodedern
Map Ref: SH34768089  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.299120N  Longitude: 4.480991W
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

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.86 Ambience: 3.86 Access: 4

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Presaddfed submitted by pab : Presaddfed, September 2012 Timber support which features in most photos on Portal has now been removed, so the more southerly chamber looks even better. Delightful location - the walk over the field feels more like a procession, with the chambers looking more impressive all the time. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Anglesey. Here lie two chambers, both in advanced stages of decay; the north chamber has been flattened lliterally just a pile of stones but has fascinating layering in the rock on the east side.

The southern chamber is still standing, but supported by a large wooden frame; it is obviously used as a sheep shelter, and we couldn't help speculating that one day the site could make some sheep puree!

Access: A short distance off the B5109, NEE of Bodedern. Good parking, with signposting for the location, good access, and entry to field through a kissing gate.

Note: Recent excavations led by Vicki Cummings and Colin Richards find a standing stone socket in the collapsed dolmen, meaning a stone probably stood there before the dolmen was built, see latest comment for more. See also news on their work at Garn Turne
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Presaddfed submitted by guile : As I approached the site there was no wind at all, the sun came out from behind a cloud and a huge arc rainbow appeared. 8-) (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Presaddfed submitted by vicky : The second chamber at Presaddfed which remains almost intact (apart from being held up by a wooden support). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Presaddfed submitted by vicky : The remains of Presaddfed chambered tomb, possibly a Portal Dolmen. It comprises two groups of stones - one consisiting of a large upright stone with a smaller leaning against it and a fallen capstone behind (in the left of the photo) and the other (to the right) still standing. It is unclear whether or not the two were part of the same monument or two different ones side by side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Presaddfed submitted by TimPrevett : Taken probably in 1999 I reckon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Presaddfed Burial Chambers
Presaddfed Burial Chambers submitted by TimPrevett : Presaddfed Burial Chambers SH347809 Visited Monday 25th Septemebr 2000 Short distance off B5109, NEE Bodedern. Good parking, with signposting for the location, good access, and entry to field through a kissing gate. Here lie two chambers, both in advanced stages of decay; the north chamber has been flattened lliterally just a pile of stones but has fascinating layering in the rock on the ea... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Presaddfed submitted by blingo : such a nice day brings out the infrared in me. (2 comments)

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Presaddfed submitted by DrewParsons : The southern tomb. September 2010.

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Presaddfed submitted by enkidu41 : This tomb comprises 2 chambers, 7' apart, possibly forming a continuous gallery.

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Presaddfed submitted by Bladup : Presaddfed.

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Presaddfed submitted by DrewParsons : The two chambers viewed from the north. September 2010.

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Presaddfed submitted by DrewParsons : The semi collapsed northern chamber. September 2010.

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Presaddfed submitted by DrewParsons : View into the southern chamber showing the wooden support on the right. September 2010.

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Presaddfed submitted by DrewParsons : The twin sites viewed from the south with the intact southern chamber in the foreground. September 2010.

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Presaddfed submitted by howe : Presaddfed in 1972. Interestingly, it did not seem to require wooden supports at that time.

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Presaddfed submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Presaddfed submitted by Bladup : Presaddfed.

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Presaddfed submitted by Alta-Falisa : Presaddfed in May 2013.

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Presaddfed submitted by pab : Southern chamber, sans support. There was no clue as to what has made it now safe for the chamber to be without support. Perhaps it is related to changes in stock - Welsh Black cattle are referred to in some earlier postings, but now there are sheep. Because of the look on the face of the brute looking round the stone on the right, I won't say 'only' sheep - perhaps he just ripped the s... (3 comments)

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Presaddfed submitted by raythemapman : Both Tombs and Welsh Black Beef having a good rub.

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Presaddfed submitted by raythemapman : The two Chambers are easy to find and worth a visit. Taken on the 10 October 2008.

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Presaddfed submitted by blingo : Taken with infrared filter (2 comments)

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Presaddfed submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Presaddfed submitted by Antonine

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Excavations at Presaddfed by Andy B on Monday, 09 December 2013
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Vicki Cummings writes: The reason we are digging at Presaddfed is to try and understand how these monuments were constructed. Our work in North Wales will not be restricted to Presaddfed however.

We are also visiting other sites and having a look at their geological composition. Were all the stones acquired locally, or were stones being brought in from elsewhere? Were people utilising erratics in these sites, and can we work out which these are?

We found a cut for a socket for the single standing stone in the collapsed dolmen – this means that this stone was placed into a socket and probably stood before the dolmen was built – whether by a few minutes, a few decades or a few hundred years we don’t yet know. We have a sample of the fill of the socket and with any luck it will contain short-lived charcoal which should date the erection of the stone. The presence of a standing stone prior to dolmen construction is very interesting, and is paralleled with sites in Cornwall where a single standing stone formed the primary and key component of the dolmen monument (the doorstone at Trevethy Quoit being the best example).

Read more about the recent excavation at
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Re: Presaddfed by coldrum on Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=112
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Re: Presaddfed by TimPrevett on Monday, 23 April 2007
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I think it was in the winter of 1802, that the southern chamber here became a home for a family evicted from a nearby house, so some antiquarian records.
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