<< Our Photo Pages >> Perthiduon - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Anglesey
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: PerthiduonCountry: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Chambered Tomb
Map Ref: SH4798066758 Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.176151N Longitude: 4.276048W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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This tomb is now badly ruined comprising only of a fallen capstone and two collapsed supporting stones. There is no evidence of a cairn. The tomb was sketched by Rowlands, the vicar of Llanidan, in the 18th Century.
References
Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E.Powell et Al (Liverpool 1969). It is easily accessible from a public footpath and other sites of pre-historic interest can be found in the village. There is a heritage board in a car park.
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