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Submitted by guile on Wednesday, 28 April 2010  Page Views: 11043

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trearddur Dolmen Alternative Name: Coeten Arthur
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.919 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Anglesey Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Holyhead  Nearest Village: Trearddur Bay
Map Ref: SH264802
Latitude: 53.290250N  Longitude: 4.605921W
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
2 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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Trearddur Dolmen
Trearddur Dolmen submitted by guile : The remains of the Trearddur Dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)
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.

William Owen Stanley of Penrhos Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, politician, antiquarian and philanthropist; born 1802 died 1884 records the Trearddur Dolmen thus:

"...About a quarter of a mile from this cromlech, (Trefignath) near
Trearddur Farm, close to the road on the right, there are
the traces of a similar cromlech or kistvaen, now nearly
obliterated, called Coetan Arthur. Near this spot, in 1837,
was found a vessel containing a great many Roman brass
?? of tin: later emperors. I took them to the British
Museum, but none of the coins were peculiar, and I regret
that they were (later) purloined in transmission by post.''

from the British Archaeological journal (Volume 28) Page10.
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Following found on this site, posted by anonymous.

''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 Achnacreebeag (Corcoran 1972). To date no modern achaeological excavation has taken place.

References:

Corcoran, J.X.W.P. 1972. The Multi-Period Construction and the Origins of the Chambered Long Cairn in Western Britain and Ireland. In: Lynch, F. and Burgess, C. (eds) Prehistoric Man in Wales and the West, Bath, 31-64.

Cummings, V., Whittle,A. 2004. Places of Special Virtue: Megalithic in the Neolithic Landscape of Wales. Oxbow Books, Oxford.

Smith, C.A. and Lynch, F.M. 1987. Trefignath and Din Dryfold: the excavation of two megalithic tombs in Anglesey. Cambrian Archaeological Monographs, No3, Cambrian Archaeological Association, Wales.''
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The Ancient Stones of Wales by Chris Barber and John Godfrey Williams,(Blorenge Books 1989 ISBN0951044478) says:

''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.''

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This charming dolmen seemingly beloved only by birds and sheep, needs scheduling and recognising, before it goes the way of the rest of the Ty Mawr settlement, which until recently included not only the Trefignath cromlech and the Ty Mawr menhir but also many hut circles and cist graves. The hut circles and cist graves are now lost beneath a collection of roundabouts going nowhere, all serviced by a road protected with a never ending double yellow line.
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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by guile : The Trearddur dolmen from the north (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by guile : Full moon rising (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by AngieLake : Trearddur standing stone or tomb viewed from the fence at the roadside. [Zoomed-in shot.] I might have investigated this one if a strange man hadn't been wandering through the field. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by MarionBenham : Situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Treaddur, west of 'Lon Trefignath' (just south of the well-known burial chamber). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by MarionBenham : Possible ruined burial chamber on ? Anyone any ideas or a name? The grid ref is SH 257 802 approx. (3 comments)

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by AngieLake : The Trearddur standing stone looked very dominant from this angle, while walking back down the lane from Trefignath. Maybe it was meant to be viewed like this, on some kind of processional route from Trefignath, going south? [It's interesting what you notice when not at the wheel of a car!]

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Trearddur Dolmen submitted by raythemapman : Just a quick snap.

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Re: Trearddur Dolmen by guile on Tuesday, 05 August 2014
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In 1843 a hoard of 300 Roman coins was found under a large stone next to this monument. They included coins minted in the reign of Valerian, Gallenius, Claudius and Posthumus the Elder. I'd dearly love to know the story behind that cache - it must have been worth a fortune at the time.
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Re: Trearddur Dolmen by guile on Thursday, 05 December 2013
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The Parc Cybi truckstop to change Trefignath landscape forever, this along with Land & Lakes ensures that nothing will ever be the same. The Trearddur Dolmen, not being listed will probably end up in a skip, or crushed for hardcore like so many other of Anglesey's neolithic standing stones before it.
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    Re: Trearddur Dolmen by Bladup on Friday, 06 December 2013
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    This is the sort of time when we become important, It won't end up in a skip because it has you to protect it! The best way would be to get it listed, I don't see to much of a problem as the stone clearly didn't end up stood like that on it's own, and like you've said it was once reported as having a capstone, Get on to Coflein or the like, By the way it does look like it's going to be horrible round there [and it was bad enough near these sites already], Good luck.
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Re: Trearddur Dolmen by guile on Tuesday, 13 July 2010
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Controversy reigns! Some agree this is the remains of a Neolithic burial chamber. Others have doubts as to the authenticity of this monument. It is recorded in 1775 as a cromlech, when it was said the upper stone had been removed to a nearby hedge.

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Re: Trearddur Dolmen by guile on Friday, 07 May 2010
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