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Gwal y Filiast
Date Added: 13th Oct 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin))
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Gwal y Filiast submitted by impish69 on 9th Feb 2015. I love this place in the autumn :)
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Log Text: Lots has already been said about this fascinating site, a few brief observations of my own however:
-If this was intended to a "tomb" of some kind - why is it barley long enough to accommodate me ( and i'm pretty short ) laying down. As is the case for many cromlechs I've encountered ?
-ive noticed the obviously colossal weight of the cap stone is balanced on the tinniest of points on almost all supporting uprights- a feature I've noticed in a few other cromlechs. In some cases a cap stone has been placed entirely on fine points.
-the interior face of the furthest upright from the "entrance" is worn smooth with an indentation at the uppermost part ( discovered by accident when laying inside to test the feasibility of this being a tomb)....I could easily- and nearly did- drift off in to there as it was actually amazingly comfortable, obviously very many others had, hence the ergonomicly worn indentation mentioned above.
- as an unrelated aside, there are some amazing fungi on neighbouring trees, for any amateur mycologists out there!!