Gaer Llwyd

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Gaer Llwyd

Gaer Llwyd (also called Y Garn Llwyd ) lies behind a hedge in the hamlet of Gaerllwyd (also Gaer-Ilwyd), near the Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel and the B4235 between Chepstow and Usk, near Caerleon in Monmouthshire in Wales .

It is a damaged dolmen with a large toppled capstone and three misplaced bearing stones. It could be the remains of a portal tomb . There are several more large stones lying next to the dolmen.

literature

  • Rodney Castleden: Neolithic Britain. New Stone Age Sites of England, Scotland and Wales. Routledge, London et al. 1992, ISBN 0-415-05845-7
  • 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: Couty of Merioneth. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1921, pp. 40-41 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 2 ° 48 ′ 0.4 ″  W.