Carneddau Hengwm South chambered tomb cut by an C18th field wall. The cairn of an existing portal dolmen at E end (R) was extended to the W (L)


Carneddau Hengwm South chambered tomb with a portal dolmen at E end (R) cut by an C18th field wall. The existing portal dolmen had a Severn-Cotswold chambered tomb attached to it & a second one in the same tradition built to the N (rear). A lateral burial chamber within the S cairn was converted to a shepherd's hut. View shows full length of long cairn with rounded profile of Moelfre hill rear R.


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Location: Carneddau Hengwm Burial Chambers, Hengwm, Egryn, Tal y Bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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