Chamber grave of Rhiw
The chamber tomb of Rhiw (also called "Caerhun Chambered Tomb" or "The Greyhound's Kennel") is a ca. 3500 BC. Neolithic passage Tomb built in BC . It stands on the Tal-y-Fan hill overlooking the Conwy Valley, west of Rowen, near Conwy in the Principal Area with the status of a county borough in north Wales about 100 meters northeast of the portal Tombs Maen y Bardd .
The remnant of the chamber is the eastern end of an approximately 10 meter long structure that was partially built into the badly damaged hill. It is difficult to say what is part of the original structure and what is natural. It is possible that there were other chambers that have since been destroyed.
Nearby are several menhirs , enclosures, and circles of huts that extend westward to the Cerrig Pryfaid stone circle . The area retained its importance during Roman times when the road from Caernarfon to Canovium Fort was built on the banks of the River Conwy.
literature
- Vicki Cummings, Alasdair Whittle: Places of special virtue - megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. Oxbow, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-84217-108-9 , p. 180
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Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 44.7 " N , 3 ° 53 ′ 14" W.