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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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