Work to make Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber accessible to more visitors has recently been undertaken. The path to the monument has been improved; it is now wider and has passing places. The surface is firm and the gradient has been reduced. It is possible to park in the lane close to the monument.
If you need more information about visiting the site, please contact Site Operations staff at Cadw, telephone 01443 336 104.
Pentre Ifan – the name means 'the homestead of Ifan' – is an impressive and atmospheric site near Newport in Pembrokeshire. In 1884 it was the first monument in Britain to become a Scheduled Ancient Monument, on the recommendation of General Pitt Rivers. Original sketches from that period are shown on the right.
The massive stones would have contained a chamber where the remains of the dead – probably several generations of a family group – could be placed. The walls would have been completed with dry-stone walling, and the whole covered with cobbles. Building the structure would have been a huge communal effort – the capstone weighs over 16 tons and the complete structure was 36m (120ft) long. When the site was excavated, no human remains were found, though some pieces of pottery and flint were recovered.
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