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Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)

Submitted by DavidRaven on Friday, 10 October 2003  Page Views: 13555

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Trearddur Dolmen
Trearddur Dolmen submitted by MarionBenham : Possible ruined burial chamber on ? Anyone any ideas or a name? The grid ref is SH 257 802 approx. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Has anyone got any information on this possible ruined burial chamber situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Treaddur, west of 'Lon Trefignath' (just south of the well-known burial chamber) on Holy Island in Anglesey? The grid ref is SH 257802 approx.


Note: We've checked it out on the CARN database and it doesn't seem to be on there.
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Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 January 2014
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We've got a site page for Trearddur Dolmen at SH264802 - is this the same site?

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=26093
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Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by stevefrench on Tuesday, 28 January 2014
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Looks nice, but it's a long way from here. Does anyone know its significance?
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Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by TimDaw on Saturday, 01 June 2013
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More accurate Grid Reference is SH 759 800 - It is a fascinating site, I think there is more to it. The Dolman is in the rough centre of a flat circular (75-100 m diameter) platform with the hint of a ditch around it. The edge of the platform has rocks around it. It is probably natural but it feels henge like, but that is a very tentative feeling from a fleeting visit. Well worth having a proper look at.
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Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by Anonymous on Friday, 06 April 2007
come back from trefignath toward trearddur then take a left towards the alluminium plant. on your right there should be a foot path accross a rock outcrop. when just over the top of the rock outcrop look to your left theres quitea big wooded area. head toward this wooded area and in the edge of te woods you will find two upright stones and one lying on the floor almost like an alter. i dont know what this is i have never seen it on any map+ i think the wood officially belongs to aam. when i was growing up there was stories of witchcraft in this area and some sheep were found hung upside down with their throats cut! also interesting is if you make your way straight to the inland sea from here you are faced with ynys leurad which is not far from the village of valley. on this island are the remains of several stone huts/round houses. does anybody know anything more about these local features?
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Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by MarionBenham on Sunday, 12 October 2003
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I've found a reference to this site in The Ancient Stones of Wales by Chris Barber and John Godfrey Williams,(Blorenge Books 1989 ISBN0951044478)

It says:
'HOLYHEAD
A dolmen near Treaddur on the East side of the road going towards Tregof (SH264802). R.C.A.M. p.23 of Anglesey says that it is on the summit of a low rocky outcrop. It has one upright stone and a recumbent stone 7 feet by 4+half feet by 1 foot thick.'
Still no name and no mention of it being marked on any map.
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    Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by DavidRaven on Sunday, 12 October 2003
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    Hmmm. The stones sound right, but I wouldn't say it's on a 'low, rocky outcrop'. More like a slight hillock in a field!
    Maybe there's yet another one nearby?! There is a 'rocky outcrop' to the immediate north-west of this site...
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      Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by TimPrevett on Monday, 13 October 2003
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      Pairings of chambers nearby are not unusual on Anglesey... Ucheldref, and Presaddfed both have 2 chambers very close, as well as the multi-extended Trefignath nearby.

      Also, compare this 'new' site with Din Dryfol some miles to the SE http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5292
      (When I was at Din Dryfol, the farmer there was a Yorkshireman!)

      There is clearly an upright, a fallen upright, some kerb stones on this 'new' site

      Clearly reminds me of Din Dryfol, and similar to Trefignath
      http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4441
      I could see how it could compare with the inside of Bryn Celli Ddu & Barclodiad Y Gawres.
      Compares well with Presaddfed
      http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5291
      and Ucheldref
      http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4117

      If this is a fake, it is a good fake - some study must have been done ere it was built.
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        Re: Forgotten Burial Chamber on Anglesey? by Anonymous on Sunday, 13 November 2005
        About 500m to the South of Trefignath, [SH259800], lie the remains of the Trearddur Burial Chamber; the only other surviving tomb on Holyhead Island. This site has been recorded in antiquity, and has tended to be refered to by the name 'Trearddur' - or variation on this name.

        The site survives as a single large upright and a single prostrate othostat on a knoll within a field close to the road. These remains, along with the location and setting, have been compared to the small Western chamber of Trefignath (Smith and Lynch 1987). The general landscape setting is very much similar to Trefignath, with the site surrounded by pastoral land, containing rocky outcrops. The indivisibility of the two sites is clear seen, although some tree cover now obscures the view (Cummings and Whittle 2004); though Smith and Lynch (1987) reject the idea that this denotes a cemetery on the Irish model, however find better parallels provided by Scottish sites such as Balvraid, Mid Gleniron II, and...

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          re: only 2 surviving burial chambers on holy island? by Anonymous on Friday, 06 April 2007
          if you have a look around the south of the island near to rhoscolyn somewhere between rhoscolyn headlands and porth diana there is the remains of a burial chamber here..
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