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Din Dryfol Chambered Tomb, Aberffraw

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NPRN93831
Map ReferenceSH37SE
Grid ReferenceSH3956572490
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityAberffraw
Type Of SiteCHAMBERED TOMB
PeriodNeolithic
Description
The much ruined remains of the Din Dryfol Chambered Tomb Neolithic are set on a narrow ledge on the north-western flank of the isolated steep sided hill that is Din Dryfol. It is a megalithic chambered tomb originally with four chambers that extends about 14.6m from north-east to south-west, and was largely destroyed by a modern quarry road (NPRN 23478). Excavations in 1969-70 and 1980 revealed traces of a cairn, 47-62m by 14m. The monument originally had a single chamber and was subsequently extended to the east. The finds included fragments of cremated bone and sherds of Neolithic pottery. Iron slag, charcoal and Roman pottery were also recovered.

Sources: RCAHM Angelsey Inventory (1937), 2
Lynch 'Prehistoric Anglesey' (1970), 32-4
Smith & Lynch 'Trefignath & Din Dryfol' Cambrian Archaeological Monograph 3 (1987)

John Wiles, RCAHMW, 8 August 2007.