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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trearddur Dolmen Alternative Name: Coeten ArthurCountry: 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
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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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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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