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Plas Newydd Burial Chamber

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NPRN93829
Map ReferenceSH56NW
Grid ReferenceSH5199069722
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityLlanddaniel Fab
Type Of SiteCHAMBERED TOMB
PeriodNeolithic
Description
NAR SH56NW1

Two megalithic chambers from a Neolithic barrow or cairn have survived to become a feature in Plas Newydd Park (NPRN 265416) and as such they have been maintained if not restored. Both chambers have their capstones, one a vast slab some 11.5m by 9.5m and 3.5m thick. No trace remains of the mound or cairn.
The monument stands beside a cricket pitch.
A little way to the south, but still within the park, is another Neolithic chambered tomb, Bryn-yr-Hen-Bobl, that has retained something of its cairn (NPRN 300180).

Source: RCAHMW Anglesey Inventory (1937), 56
Lynch 'Prehistoric Anglesey' (1970), 50-51

John Wiles 27.07.07