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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bodowyr
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Holyhead  Nearest Village: Llangaffo
Map Ref: SH46276816  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.188252N  Longitude: 4.302286W
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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Bodowyr submitted by Postman : january 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bodowyr passage grave, Ynys Mon (SH463683) is a Neolithic passage grave consisting of a capstone perched on three uprights originally entered by a short passage to the east.

Now fenced off in the middle of a field with easy access from the road.
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Bodowyr submitted by sem : One of many sites visited at Tim Prevett's Anglesey weekend. Thanks Tim. SH462683 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodowyr submitted by enkidu41 : SH 462683 The remains of a simple passage grave. The mushroom-shaped capstone measures 7' x 6'. The low sill stone at the front of the uprights (the eastern end) marks the entrance to the short passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodowyr submitted by TimPrevett : The Bodowyr Dolmen from the best angle I could get - right next to the ground. One of the group actually found a live toad inside the dolmen itself. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodowyr submitted by PaulM : Bodowyr passage grave, Ynys Mon (SH463683) Neolithic passage grave consisting of a capstone perched on three uprights originally entered by a short passage to the east. Now fenced off in the middle of a field with easy access from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodowyr submitted by postman : A beautiful Dolmen, trapped behind bars, maybe they're scared it'll run away. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodowyr submitted by Postman : Here be stoones (3 comments)

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Bodowyr submitted by DrewParsons : September 2010.

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Bodowyr submitted by raythemapman : This Chamber must be one of the most visited on Anglesey.

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Bodowyr submitted by blingo : burial chamber in 3d. red & blue glasses needed? 462682(os) (1 comment)

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Bodowyr submitted by Antonine : 2021

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Bodowyr submitted by DrewParsons : View of the dolmen with the hills in the distance, a lovely setting reached down the narrowest of lanes!! September 2010.

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Bodowyr submitted by DrewParsons : A lovely site set in the middle of a field, nicely protected from cattle by a good fence. September 2010.

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Bodowyr submitted by guile : Bodowyr caged. Has anyone seen the winter solstice from here?

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Bodowyr submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset 24 August 2023; staying just a matter of minutes away as the evening turned golden, I had to get to Bodowyr. Have visited many times, every time as far as I can remember in heavy cloud. A joy to be here as the last of the golden hour passed and the sun went below the horizon. (1 comment)

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Bodowyr submitted by Klingon : Bodowyr with rainbow and sheep. (1 comment)

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Bodowyr submitted by Postman : Standing on top of the railings.

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Bodowyr submitted by SolarMegalith : Bodowyr burial chamber - view from the SE (photo taken on July 2008).

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Bodowyr submitted by SolarMegalith : Bodowyr burial chamber - no traces of the cairn survived, but the tomb is belived to be a passage grave (photo taken on July 2008).

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Bodowyr submitted by raythemapman : The rear of the tomb.

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Bodowyr submitted by raythemapman : The entrance.

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Bodowyr submitted by raythemapman : Another view of the enrance.

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Bodowyr submitted by raythemapman : Bodowyrs capstone is a good example of the pyramid shaped capstone. A lot of tombs have this type of capstone, this makes me think that they were built by the same people in the same time period. A good example is Bodowyr and Mynyddcefn, they could be twins.

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Bodowyr submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Wales: Bodowyr Burial Chamber on Anglesey island (July 2008).

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Bodowyr submitted by hamish : If you want a quiet little megalith this is it, one of Wales' lovely pointy hatted dolmens.

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bun by Anonymous on Monday, 22 August 2011
driving along in my camper and thouth it was a giant mushroom,at two stop and have a look .great spot
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Re: The Bull of Bodowyr by coldrum on Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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Re: The Bull of Bodowyr by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 20 June 2006
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If you are visiting here during Summer 2006, beware of the bull! I was here yesterday; as I began to exit the field, a group of cows began running at me. Standing my ground and shrieking at the cows stopped them (as usual)... however up lumbered a well hung bull with horns, glistening nose, ring through it, snorting and grunting; by the time I reached the kissing gate, the cows, with bull at front completely obstructed the entrance. Beware!
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