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Cors-y-Gedol, Burial Chamber

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NPRN93724
Map ReferenceSH62SW
Grid ReferenceSH6032022810
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityDyffryn Ardudwy
Type Of SiteCHAMBERED TOMB
PeriodNeolithic
Description
1. A rather tapering rectilinear cairn, c.31m NE-SW by 14.5m, showing at its eastern end a number of orthostats, partly supporting a tipped capstone, c.3.6m by 3.0m & 0.45m thick: a spindlewhorl, thought to be IA, is said to have come from under the capstone.

Source: Bowen & Gresham 1967 Hist. Merioneth I, 19-21.

J.Wiles 10.11.04

2. Field visit and photo survey by T. Driver, 18th September 2008.
T. Driver, RCAHMW, 22nd Sept 2008.