<< Our Photo Pages >> Lligwy Burial Chamber - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Anglesey
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lligwy Burial ChamberCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.163 km away from the location you searched for.
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:
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 |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Chrus visited on 13th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Klingon visited on 24th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
cactus_chris visited on 22nd Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Orcinus visited on 14th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
elad13 visited on 22nd Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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
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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