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<< Our Photo Pages >> Trwyn Du - Cairn in Wales in Anglesey

Submitted by TimPrevett on Wednesday, 25 September 2002  Page Views: 10285

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trwyn Du
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Aberffraw
Map Ref: SH352679  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.182601N  Longitude: 4.467671W
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.
5 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
3

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Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du submitted by TimPrevett : The visible remains of the Bronze Age cairn, on top of a Mesolithic camp and flint scatter site. The only excavated mesolithic site in Gwynedd now looks out on the Estuary in front of the Aberffraw Sands. In 7000 BC, this would have been looking out onto a river valler, with sea levels considerably lower. This is a top spot - the elements and nature up here were great. Even on a very windy, dull ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kerb Cairn in Anglesey

A small kerb cairn overlooking the sea.

The remains of a Bronze Age cairn, on top of a Mesolithic camp and flint scatter site. The only excavated mesolithic site in Gwynedd now looks out on the Estuary in front of the Aberffraw Sands. In 7000 BC, this would have been looking out onto a river valler, with sea levels considerably lower.
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Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du submitted by TimPrevett : The visible remains of the Bronze Age cairn, on top of a Mesolithic camp and flint scatter site. The only excavated mesolithic site in Gwynedd now looks out on the Estuary in front of the Aberffraw Sands. In 7000 BC, this would have been looking out onto a river valler, with sea levels considerably lower. This is a top spot - the elements and nature up here were great. Even on a very windy, dull ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du submitted by rogerkread : Trwyn Du looking across to Yr Eifl. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du submitted by rogerkread : Tide out at Traeth Mawr. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SH3567 : Aberffraw Sands by John S Turner
by John S Turner
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SH3567 : Protected seats on the headland opposite Traeth Mawr by Eric Jones
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SH3567 : The Trwyn Du Mesolithic cairn by Eric Jones
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SH3567 : Heathland west of the Ffraw estuary by Eric Jones
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SH3567 : Stone Seat at Aberffraw by Jeff Buck
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Re: Trwyn Du by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 December 2013
I live in the village and have been curious about these stones all my life. I'm wondering if anyone could agree with me here.

To me the stones are set in place for a reason...and also to me, it looks like it isn't quite in it's complete form. I've looked at them up close many times and what makes sense to me is that there may be one or two stones missing - these missing stones would create a circle.

I'd like to know more about this site, so if anyone has any more information please contact me! My email is: Winxvaughan@gmail.com

Thank you!!
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Re: Trwyn Du by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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Coflein entry:

"A well preserved kerbed cairn, probably Bronze Age, now almost entirely buried by wind blown sand. The site was excavated in 1956 and again in 1974.
It was discovered that the cairn overlay a layer containing many worked flint 'microliths' - small blades. Radio carbon determinations from burnt hazelnut fragments in this layer point to a date in the seventh millennium BC, in the Mesolithic period. The flints are believed to have come from glacial drift in the river valleys, the site being far from the sea at this time.
The cairn is some 8.0m in diameter and is thought to have risen no higher than the upright stones of the kerb or peristalith, forming a level drum or platform. The kerb stones generally rose no higher than about 1.0m and were arranged with some architectural exactitude. Towards the centre of the cairn is a stone lined grave or cist, 2.0m by 1.0m. This lies within a D-plan stone setting linked to the outer kerb by radial stone settings.
The site is thought to have been overcome by blown sand towards the end of the medieval period."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302323/details/TRWYN+DU+CAIRN+NEAR+ABERFFRAW%2C+OVERLYING+A+MESOLITHIC+SITE/
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Re: Trwyn Du by TimPrevett on Monday, 23 April 2007
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A very windy clip on YouTube!

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Re: Trwyn Du by Anonymous on Friday, 11 August 2006
some fotos from may - july 2006

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