Trethevy Quoit

Known locally as "the giant's house".Standing 9 feet (2.7 m) high, this magnificent 5000-year-oldancient structure consists of Six standing stones capped by a large slab.Visit Date March 2024Trethevy QuoitWalking up to this structure, it is in a field close to some modern houses you do not get a feel of the size of this structure but as you approach the magnificence of this site overwhelms you.Click...

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The Longstone Cross (Long Tom)

 Commonly known as "Long Tom" this stick of granite stands more than 2.5 metres (9 feet) high. Taking the form of a deliberately shaped standing stone, the top quarter is marked with a carved Greek cross. As is common with these early Christian crosses, it is likely to have been added to a much earlier standing stone after Christianity took hold in the area.Visit Date March 2024The...

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Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber

Neolithic burial sites can be found all over Wales, the UK and across Europe.I have visited many of these sites and have posted information on them here such asMaen Ceti (Arthur's Stone)   St Lythans Dolmen  Carreg Samson and Coetan ArthurWhat makes the site at Duffryn Ardudwy different is that there are two tombs close together.Visit Date May 2023Click on any image to...

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Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber.

 Tŷ Newydd burial chamber although ruined, is still a good example of a megalithic dolmen. Set on a natural outcrop it would originally have been covered with a mound or cairn now marked out by the small bollards that surround it.Visit Date May 2023Click on image for a larger version.Ty-Newydd has a massive cracked capstone, about 4.0m by 1.8m and up to 1.2m thick, that rests on three...

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Devil's Quoit. .

Devil's QuoitAn ancient Neolithic burial chamber in the centre of a field, near the coast in Pembrokeshire, Wales.Formed by a large wedge-shaped capstone which is supported on the east by two large side stones and the west by a third side stone which now lies on the ground. . Visit Date April 2022In Wales, there are many of these types of burial sites and as in the rest of the UK, they can...

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Coetan Arthur

  ___________________________________________________________________________________C o e t a n  A r t h u rCoetan Arthur (also known as Arthurs Quoit). A dolmen on the southwest coast of Wales on the St. Davids's head peninsular, in county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.This impressive megalithic tomb dates from between 4000 to 3000 BC.The dolmen, which is formed by two...

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Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber - Dolmen.

 Visit date 08-2022.  View showing entrance passageThere are many ancient burial sites around the southwest of Wales and I took a recent visit to Penmaen Burrows on the Gower peninsular to try and find one of the lesser known minor Neolithic burial sites.These burial sites are often marked with three or more uprights and a large capstone. Often this is all that is left of the site which...

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