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Latitude: 53.2262 / 53°13'34"N
Longitude: -4.1902 / 4°11'24"W
OS Eastings: 253886
OS Northings: 372144
OS Grid: SH538721
Mapcode National: GBR 5M.0NMM
Mapcode Global: WH546.L5WK
Entry Name: Burial Chamber 180m NE of Pen-y-Berth
Scheduled Date:
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2520
Cadw Legacy ID: AN037
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Chambered tomb
Period: Prehistoric
County: Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
Community: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
Built-Up Area: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
The monument comprises the remains of a chambered tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4,400 BC - 2,900 BC). Chambered tombs were built and used by local farming communities over long periods of time. There appear to be many regional traditions and variations in shape and construction.
The burial chamber has collapsed with the massive capstone overlying the remaining stones. The capstone is c.3m in length and 2.1m wide, beneath it are two fallen uprights, which would have stood about 1.3m high, and a low sill-stone. The western end of the capstone rests on the ground and its eastern end rests on the sill-stone and the two fallen uprights.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. Chambered tombs may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
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