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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) Alternative Name: Nr Holyhead
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: SH2539480951  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.296663N  Longitude: 4.62141W
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
 4 Ambience:
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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
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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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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead)
Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by rogerkread : The inappropriate buildings are now on several sides of the menhir. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Anglesey. Access: Very good. On the road outside of Holyhead. Reminiscent of a whippy ice-cream, twisted around to a conical point.

Visible from the road, we parked up, and over a stile, this signposted stone is no problem to find. Just down the road from a burial chamber. (see nearby sites list) The stone: Much taller than me, maybe 8ft tall; sheep wool, bird poo and lichen decorated this one.

Note: The god-awful buildings now surrounding this standing stone on Anglesey at least enabled some exciting archaeological discoveries, including a Neolithic long house, settlements, and apparent 'ritual fire pits'. There's an upcoming talk on the 5th April in Bangor, more details of all this in the comments on our page.
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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by nicoladidsbury : A close up of some of the quartz embedded in the standing stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by Alta-Falisa : Photo : MAY.2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by TimPrevett : From some angles, this standing stone looks to fields and mountains; to its south east, it overlooks the aluminium works, the A55, and the train line. An impressive standing stone, but not a location where one can forget the time we live in. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by raythemapman : Ty-Mawr is now on the site of a retail park, enjoy it while you can as it may end up in a B&Q car park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by TimPrevett : A view from Ty Mawr, looking towards Trefignath, which is at the brow of the hill, from this angle, to the bottom right of the telegraph pole seen in the centre of the picture. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by nicoladidsbury : View to the standing stone from the road.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by nicoladidsbury : A blast of sunshine lights up the standing stone.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by TimPrevett : A view from Ty Mawr looking towards Holyhead Mountain.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by enkidu41 : Also known as the Trefignath Standing Stone this is 9' high and near to the Trefignath Burial Chamber.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by MarionBenham : Ty mawr standing stone SH254810 Even from a different angle this stone has a spiral feel to it!

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by cactus_chris : 20180619--Ty Mawr Standing Stone, Anglesey

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by AdamTurner : Ty Mawr, August 2020.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by rogerkread : Ty Mawr showing the encroaching industrialisation of the site. (1 comment)

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by Bladup : Ty Mawr.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by AngieLake : This shot was taken near Trefignath, while walking back down the lane. In the distance I spied Ty Mawr, and zoomed in to try to capture the poor isolated menhir, surrounded by its 'triffid-like' lamp-posts. [See centre of photo, above new tree planting.]

Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead)
Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by raythemapman : Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Wales: Taped off and isolated before construction work started in 2007.

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Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by TimPrevett : The development happening around Ty Mawr and Trefignath. Here the Ty Mawr standing stone appears to have its own exclusion zone. (4 comments)

Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead)
Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) submitted by TimPrevett : Nr Holyhead SH254810 Visited Tuesday 15th June 1999 Access: Very good. On road outside of Holyhead. Visible from the road, we parked up, and over a stile, this signposted stone is no problem to find. I believe it is just down the road from a burial chamber. The stone: Much taller than me, maybe 8ft tall; sheep wool, bird poo and lichen decorated this one. It reminded me almost of a whippy ice-c... (1 comment)

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Ancient Circular Habitations at Ty Mawr by Andy B on Sunday, 20 August 2023
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Ancient Circular Habitations at Ty Mawr, Holyhead Island, with Notices of other remains there. Stanley, W. Owen. (1869) The Archaeological Journal 26. Vol 26, pp. 301-322.
Download from doi.org/10.5284/1067327
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Talks: New Neolithic evidence from Anglesey, Saturday 6th April, 1.30-5pm, Bangor by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2019
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New Neolithic evidence from Anglesey, Saturday 6th April 2019, 1.30-5pm
An afternoon of talks about some of the most exciting Neolithic sites excavated in Wales in the last few years:

Jane Kenney - Houses, Halls and Hovels: Evidence of the Neolithic from Parc Cybi
Cathering Rees - Settling Down, Moving on and Coming Back - Neolithic Histories at Llanfeathlu
Frances Lynch - New Observations on Pottery assemblages from Anglesey

Pontio is in the centre of Bangor about 10 mins walk, straight down the road as you come out of the station.
Trains (c. 8.20-9.50am ) from Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Manchester can get you there in time -- and return you!
By car, take the Bangor turn off J11 of A55 and follow A5 into town. Pontio is on the right, directly below the university building on the hill; car parks on left.
There are cafes and snack bars in the building. The venue is not free so there is a £5.00 fee, at the door
For further details contact [email protected]
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Archaeology at Parc Cybi, Tŷ Mawr, Holyhead by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2019
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Between November 2006 and the end of June 2008 Gwynedd Archaeological Trust carried out archaeological excavation in advance of the construction of a major Welsh Government development site, called Parc Cybi, at Holyhead. The engineering consultancy, Atkins, in association with local construction company, Jones Brothers, managed the first phase of construction works for the Welsh Government, involving the building of roads and other infrastructure on the site.

Over 20 hectares were carefully stripped of topsoil to reveal an archaeological landscape, which was then excavated and recorded. At its height the excavation employed a team of 40 archaeologists working on site full-time - one of the largest excavations in the UK.

The highlights of the excavation were the remains of a 6000 year old Neolithic timber hall and a stone-built Iron Age roundhouse settlement with a complex history of development. However there were many other features including a Neolithic pit containing a stone macehead, Bronze Age and medieval cemeteries and remains of 18th and 19th century farms. The excavation results have demonstrated how people lived and farmed the land from 6000 years ago until the present day.

More at http://www.heneb.co.uk/tymawr/tymawrintro.html
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Parc Cybi, Holyhead: post excavation assessment of potential report by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2019
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Parc Cybi, Holyhead: post excavation assessment of potential report. Gwynedd Archaeological Trust by Jane Kenney, 2011
https://doi.org/10.5284/1036090
Grid Reference: 225550, 380750 (Easting, Northing)
Find: Lithic Implement Neolithic
Find: Sherd Neolithic
Monus: Barrow Bronze Age
Monus: Building Neolithic
Monus: Burnt Mound Bronze Age
Monus: Cemetery Early Medieval
Monus: Cist Bronze Age
Monus: Fire Pit Neolithic
Monus: Ritual Pit Bronze Age
Monus: Ritual Pit Neolithic
Monus: Settlement Iron Age
Monus: Settlement Neolithic
Monus: Settlement Roman

Free download from
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    Early Neolithic rectangular timber building aligned with Trefignath chambered tomb by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2019
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    On a plateau at an altitude of 17m OD (SH 2574 8053), a rectangular arrangement of cut features was identified, cut into a natural silt. Immediately to the south was a substantial schist outcrop.

    A large number of finds were associated with the features including black chert and flint lithics and early Neolithic ceramics. The building was orientated WSW-ESE and measured approximately 15.2m long and 6m wide. Two parallel rows of five posts, arranged symmetrically about the long axis of the building, formed a central aisle. A slightly
    more irregularly pattern of posts and plank slots formed the side and end walls of the building. The structure appears to have been subdivided internally into three separate compartments, a tripartite division of space that is encountered on other comparable Neolithic buildings in Britain and Ireland. The long axis of the structure was
    aligned on the Trefignath Neolithic chambered tomb which stands approximately 100m to the NNE and is visible from it through a narrow cleft in the rock outcrop.

    The plan and size of the building would be almost identical to that of the Llandygai II building found at Parc Bryn Cegin, except for the eastern bay. These structures seem to have been modular in conception and it is possible additional bays were added either to the original design or in later use if a large building was required.

    More from Page 15 here https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1352-1/dissemination/pdf/Gwynedd/GL46008.pdf
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Re: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) by Andy B on Friday, 03 November 2017
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Premier Inn hotel has been given the go-ahead

The £4m hotel has been supported by the planning committee of Anglesey council

The proposals for an 80-bedroom Premier Inn were lodged by the Conygar Investment Company and the hotel giant in September.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/premier-inn-hotel-plans-submitted-13627305

It would be built opposite the existing Road King truck stop at Parc Cybi, on the outskirts of Holyhead, and the development also includes a restaurant and bar, with enough parking spaces for 84 vehicles.

This afternoon councillors on the planning committee gave the hotel the green light.

More at
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/premier-inn-hotel-been-given-13844879

With thanks to Guile for the link
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    Re: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) by Andy B on Friday, 03 November 2017
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    Thanks for the link - not good - how close is this going to be to the stone?
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Re: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) 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: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) by coldrum on Friday, 16 April 2010
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Re: Ty Mawr (Nr Holyhead) by coldrum on Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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