Lligwy
Burial Chamber
Wales
region: Anglesey
Grid Ref: SH501860, Latitude: 53.349344, Longitude: -4.252235
This site is on the map OS Landranger sheet 114, Anglesey which you can buy from Amazon.co.uk
Lligwy dolmen has a very unusual appearance since the capstone is set low
over a pit, held up by eight uprights. This appearance may be closer to what most dolmens
looked like originally with the uprights covered by earth, rather than exposed as we are
used to seeing them.
Other sites nearby -
Hen Capel Lligwy, UN, 0.4km, SH499863
Din Lligwy, UN, 0.8km, SH495865
Burial Chamber, Burial Chamber, 3.7km, SH509824
Burial Chamber, Burial Chamber, 4.4km, SH514818
Maenaddwyn Stone, Standing Stone, 4.8km
Clorach Stone, Standing Stone, 5.7km, SH447843
Ynys Fawr Stone, Standing Stone, 5.7km, SH452831
Bryn Dyfrydog Stone, Standing Stone, 7.1km, SH430858
Llandyfnan Stone, Standing Stone, 7.4km
The Three Leaps, UN, 8.1km, SH528784
Llandonna Stone, Standing Stone, 9.2km, SH567796
Trefor Burial chamber, Burial Chamber, 10.0km, SH551773
Bodewryd Stone, Standing Stone, 10.4km, SH406902
Ffynnon Gyubi, , 10.5km, SH401828
Cremlyn Stones, Standing Stones, 10.7km, SH568776
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