Trellyffaint Dolmen
The Dolmen of Trellyffaint (also called Trellyfaint or Trellefan - German "home of the toads" ) is a classic Welsh portal tomb . It is located north of Nevern ( Pembrokeshire ) on the south side of a gentle hill in the Nevern Valley between two streams that flow into the Afon Nyfer. Trellyffaint is a double grave with a large or main chamber and a small or ancillary chamber. The endstone the main chamber has about 35 bowl ( English cups ) on the surface, the natural or artificial origin is discussed. It is supported by two stones in the south and a third, load-bearing stone blocks the back of the chamber on the north side. The chamber height used to be greater, but the capstone slipped and broke.
- Trellyffaint Dolmen
from the south
Trellyffaint Standing Stone
from the west
The smaller, neighboring chamber in the northwest consists of only three side stones. It can be a chamber added later or a stone box . Possibly a cairn covered both chambers in the past .
About 200 to the south there is a menhir. About 1.0 km away is the Quoit Llech-Y-Tripedd .
Access: The dolmen stands from the road behind a very conspicuous courtyard with a large silo. From there, however, continue to the west to the next side street to Hof Trellyffaint. There is parking space and a fenced-in access over fields and dirt roads to the dolmen.
The Vitalianus stone is next to the entrance to St. Brynach's Church in Nevern.
literature
- Vicki Cummings, Alasdair Whittle: Places of special virtue. Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. Oxbow, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-84217-108-9 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '52.1 " N , 4 ° 47' 53.3" W.