Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber (Cadw)Historic SiteLocated on a hillside overlooking Cardigan Bay, the pair of tombs at this Neolithic (New Stone Age) burial site were built in two distinct stages. The smaller chamber to the west came first. This dolmen (or cromlech) featured two portal stones and a high blocking slab with a capstone rested on top, and was covered by a small, roughly circular cairn. Several generations later the larger tomb to the east was built and buried beneath a wedge-shaped cairn roughly 100ft/30m in length, which enveloped its neighbour.
Now exposed to the skies, both tombs are extremely well-preserved with capstones still resting securely on their uprights.Dyffryn ArdudwyGwyneddLL44 2EWUnited Kingdom52.785132200000-4.095744300000http://www.showmewales.co.uk/?dms=3&venue=1035540
Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber (Cadw)
Historic Site, free entry
Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber
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Details
Located on a hillside overlooking Cardigan Bay, the pair of tombs at this Neolithic (New Stone Age) burial site were built in two distinct stages. The smaller chamber to the west came first. This dolmen (or cromlech) featured two portal stones and a high blocking slab with a capstone rested on top, and was covered by a small, roughly circular cairn. Several generations later the larger tomb to the east was built and buried beneath a wedge-shaped cairn roughly 100ft/30m in length, which enveloped its neighbour.
Now exposed to the skies, both tombs are extremely well-preserved with capstones still resting securely on their uprights.
Opening Details
Open all the time
Daily 10.00am - 4.00pm. Closed 24, 25, 26 December and 1 January. Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber (Cadw)
Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber (Cadw)
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