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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lligwy Burial Chamber - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Anglesey

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 05 January 2003  Page Views: 19483

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lligwy Burial Chamber
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Benllech  Nearest Village: Moelfre
Map Ref: SH50138604  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.349949N  Longitude: 4.252996W
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
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cactus_chris visited on 25th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Massive Stone.

markj99 visited on 28th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4 Lligwy Burial Chamber has one of the most impressive capstones in the British Isles. The cuboid shape is different from the slab like capstones found in Cornwall.

walkingdood visited on 8th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Tonnox visited on 15th Jul 1994 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

emerald visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Buy the CADWbook about Anglesey and it is a geat guide to the sites and positions. Park along the road nearby, signposted from a field

Jimwithnoname visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

Chrissy visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The site is now surrounded by a metal fence and padlocked gate, so sadly no direct access

celticmaiden55 PAB DrewParsons rldixon nicoladidsbury hamish TimPrevett kelpie have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.23 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4.08

Lligwy Burial Chamber
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Jimwithnoname : Amazing dolmen and very unnerving sat underneath the 25 ton capstone. It's perched on very little it seems on the one side. The warden approached us as we sat eating at the site. He asked if we were thinking of stopping the night, which we were, but as he said. that's a no no. We respected him and moved on after our picnic. He was quite pleasant and only doing his job. Many people wild camp as he ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Within easy access from the road this megalithic beetle has a huge capstone 5m x 6m balanced on top of a number of smaller stones covering the chamber hollowed out from the rock.

Coflein site entry:https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95532
Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons September 2010:
Excavated in 1908-9 the remains of up to 30 men, women and children were found at the site together with animal bones, shells, flints and pot sherds, in two layers of burial. The lastest burials appear to have taken place around 4000 years ago giving a period of 1000 years between construction and final use. The massive 25 ton capstone is 5 metres long and 1 metre thick and carries cut marks along its edges where hewing would have occurred.
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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by MarionBenham : Lligwy Burial Chamber, SH501861. There is a cool room underneath with a stone bed! (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by TimPrevett : Visited at dawn, Thursday 28th September 2000. I had hoped to get a sunrise here, but was instead greeted with cloud and rain! Nevertheless, it gave me this moody photo, which I quite like! (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Lligwy Burial Chamber
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by PaulM : Lligwy, Ynys Mon (SH501861) Within easy access from the road this megalithic beetle has a huge capstone 5m x 6m balanced on top of a number of smaller stones covering the chamber hollowed out from the rock. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by enkidu41 : The rock -cut chamber is largely below ground. The huge 28 ton capstone measures 17' x 15' x 3'. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by DrewParsons : Excavated in1908-09 the bones of up to 30 men, women and children were found. September 2010.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Jimwithnoname : Another view of the massive thick capstone.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by celticmaiden55 : From the other side, again showing the size of the capstone, estimated to be 25 Tons.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by DrewParsons : September 2010.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by DrewParsons : The 5 metre long and 1 metre thick capstone sits on low orthostats. September 2010.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by raythemapman : Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Wales: The Capstone and the smaller support stones.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Tonnox : Lligwy Burial Chamber. Foto 1994

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Tonnox

Lligwy Burial Chamber
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Tonnox

Lligwy Burial Chamber
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Tonnox

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by celticmaiden55 : From a different angle.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by celticmaiden55 : View of the impressive large capstone on Lligwy Burial Chamber. The size has to be seen to be believed!

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by DrewParsons : The 25 ton capstone has grooves where hewing occurred. September 2010.

Lligwy Burial Chamber
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by DrewParsons : The massive capstone. September 2010.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by nicoladidsbury : Lligwy Burial chamber - and its outliers.

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by blingo : This cap stone is huge. See it to believe it!

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by cactus_chris : 20220422--Lligwy Cromlech, Anglesey

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Antonine

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Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Orcinus : Lligwy

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Re: Lligwy Burial Chamber by DrewParsons on Friday, 29 October 2010
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Excavated in 1908-9 the remains of up to 30 men, women and children were found at the site together with animal bones, shells, flints and pot sherds, in two layers of burial. The lastest burials appear to have taken place around 4000 years ago giving a period of 1000 years between construction and final use. The massive 25 ton capstone is 5 metres long and 1 metre thick and carries cut marks along its edges where hewing would have occurred.
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Re: Lligwy Burial Chamber by coldrum on Saturday, 09 January 2010
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Coflein site entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95532/details/LLIGWY+BURIAL+CHAMBER%2C+NEAR+MOELFRE/
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Re: Lligwy Burial Chamber by coldrum on Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=91
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Re: Lligwy Burial Chamber by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 25 April 2006
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I get something I call dolmenophobia... I get paranoid the things will fall on; Lligwy a case in point. It that thing slips, there's no way your getting out in 3D... Trethevy Quoit, with its steeply angled capstone is another which worries me! If I can get over that, yes, it is peaceful! Other non megarak folk can't understand why I like to spend time where there were lots of dead people...

Interesting info - thanks for feeding back.
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Re: Lligwy Burial Chamber by nicoladidsbury on Tuesday, 25 April 2006
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We met a very interesting couple at Lligwy. The guy was a
Paleontologist and explained how the rock had been cut from the bed rock and described the process. Paleontologists use the same process to lift fossils. Very interesting. Terry and I had decided the groves down the sides of the capstone were limestone weathering, when infact they are cut marks.
I laid down inside the chamber. It was very peaceful, I highly recommend it!
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