Double chamber tomb of St Elvis
The northwest-southeast oriented double chamber tomb of St Elvis (also St Aelbyw's) is located near St Elvis Farm, east of Solva and St Davids in Pembrokeshire in Wales .
description
(From the damaged chamber grave English chambered tomb ) two cover stones have been preserved, each supported by two supporting stones. The larger capstone lies over the eastern chamber and measures 3.7 × 3.1 m. A side stone was used as a goal post, and other large wall stones have also been removed from the two chambers.
The saint's name was originally Ailbe (Ailfwy, Elfyw, Elfeis, Elvis, Elouis). He died between AD 527 and 531 and was the nephew of Saint Non, St David's mother . On St Elvis Farm there is St Aelbyw's Well , a former pilgrimage site .
- Double chamber tomb of St Elvis
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literature
- George Nash, George Children: The Anthropology of Landscape. Neolithic Sites of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire (= Monuments in the Landscape. 5). Logaston Press, Woonton Almely 1997, ISBN 1-873827-99-7 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 16 " N , 5 ° 10 ′ 44.4" W.