Presaddfed Prehistoric Burial Chamber, Bodedern, Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey. Looking south east at the southern chamber with modern prop.
Looking SE at the southern chamber. Two unconnected chambers set in line circa 2m apart. Pictured is the southern standing polygonal chamber circa 3m across x high with capstone in place on four supports plus modern wooden brace. The Northern chamber has collapsed: one stone remains standing, another upright leans against it along with what looks like the capstone; another broken stone lies on the ground nearby. Their location in a valley bottom makes would be unusual for a passage grave but neither are they portal dolmens. Early descriptions are confusing, one suggestion is that they are "a pair of closed chambers built in succession and unified under a single (destroyed) cairn" - like Trefignath, but no remains of a cairn or barrow survive and there is no clear access between the chambers. It is possible that two separate tombs were built at different times & then covered by one mound or cairn long since they were photographed in Aug’93 they were in a poor state: muddy, cattle-trampled and propped with wood. Local tradition says that in 1801 a family evicted from a nearby cottage lived in the southern chamber.
Size: 3780px × 2698px
Location: Presaddfed, Bodedern, Anglesey, Ynys Mon, North Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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