Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm (also known as Carnedd Hengwm North and Carnedd Hengwm South) are megalithic structures in the hills above the Merioneth coast near the river Ceunant Egryn, northeast of Barmouth -Llanaber in Gwynedd in Wales . The two long cairns are badly damaged.
The northern one is a Cotswold Severn Tomb . Its cairn is smaller and largely destroyed. It has two chambers and a large stone at the west end.
The southern Cairn is bigger and better preserved. In the middle lies a collapsed Tomb portal with a dry stone wall that leads from the north. In the southern Cairn there are two capstones, under which there is a stone, which is probably the end stone of the chamber. The Dolmen was before he collapsed, late 18th century by a bookseller described called Pennant.
Nearby are the Hengwm Ring Cairn , Mynydd Egryn Settlement , Hillfort Pen-y-Dinas and the rest of the Ffridd Newydd Stone Circles.
literature
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire: An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. Volume 6: County of Merioneth. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1921, pp. 40-41
- Frances Lynch: Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain . Shire, Princes Risborough 1997, ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 pp. 40, 43, 52 ( Shire archeology 73).
Web links
- Carneddau Hengwm, description and images , The Megalithic Portal, accessed April 12, 2017
Coordinates: 52 ° 45 '52.9 " N , 4 ° 3' 24.4" W.