Bryn-Celli-Ddu

Burial Chamber

Wales

region: Anglesey
Grid Ref: SH505703, Latitude: 53.208426, Longitude: -4.238845
This site is on the map OS Landranger sheet 114, Anglesey which you can buy from Amazon.co.uk

 

 Bryn Celli Ddu - the Mound in the Dark Grove, a powerful and evocative site with the chamber concealing a single large almost cylindrical stone within. It started life as a henge, with a stone circle with a bank outside and a ditch within the circle.
B-C-D from the West
Bryn Celli Ddu seen from the west		 The ditch is still visible, and was partially backfilled when the mound was constructed. The restored mound seen today is somewhat smaller than when first constructed. The small stones just visible in the foreground of this picture are the kerbstones of the original mound.

 

The entrance with the replica patterned stone did not exist in the original design, but it offers a good view of the inner chamber

The white stone in the picture is a replica of the original stone which was located at the back of the chamber. It would have been covered by the original mound   which was about twice the size of the reconstruction and did not have the opening at the west which you see here.

The original carved stone is located in the National Museum of Wales.
the entrance to the original mound at the north-east


The main entrance is located at the north-east of the mound, and a passageway leads from the chamber ot the outside. A low shelf runs along the northern side of the passage (left in the picture)

 view from the central chamber looking out towards the north-east

Other sites nearby -


Stone, Standing Stone, 0.2km, SH503703
Plas Newydd, Burial Chamber, 1.6km, SH521699
Bryn yr Hen Bob, Burial Chamber, 1.8km, SH518690
Caer Idris, UN, 2.5km, SH494680
Ty Mawr, Standing Stone, 3.8km
Caer Leb, UN, 4.3km, SH473674
Bodowyr, Burial Chamber, 4.7km
Tre`r Dryw Bach , Stone Circle, 4.8km, SH468673
Hirdre-Faig, Standing Stone, 4.9km, SH484747
Castell Bryn-gwyn, UN, 5.1km, SH465671
Bryn Gwyn Stones, Standing Stones, 5.5km
Llandegfan, Standing Stone, 6.0km
Lledwigan Stone, Standing Stone, 6.1km, SH456740
Llandyfnan Stone, Standing Stone, 8.3km
Trefor Burial chamber, Burial Chamber, 8.4km, SH551773

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Last updated 03 Sep 2000