This ancient burial barrow utilises huge slabs of local metamorphic rocks. The ancient communities would have interred the remains of the dead inside.
This ancient burial barrow utilises huge slabs of local metamorphic rocks. The ancient communities would have interred the remains of the dead in the sacred mounds, which would have been symbolically covered in earth.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Lligwy, Anglesey
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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