Penmaen Burrows
The chamber tomb ( English Chambered tomb ) in the Penmaen Burrows (also Pen-y-Crug - the name also bears a Hillfort in Wales) is 400 m southeast of Penmaen near Swansea near Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Peninsula in West Glamorgan in Wales .
Two rectangular chambers and a corridor lie under a large dune, which probably covers the remains of the cairn . The structure is made of limestone , conglomerate and sandstone . The facility is disturbed, but the plan of the cruciform chamber of a Cotswold Severn Tomb (similar to Park Cwm ) can be seen.
The main chamber, about 4.0 m long and 2.0 m wide, is oriented west-east and has six bearing stones in situ, including the one that closes the west end. Access to the east is through a 0.8 m wide gap between two transverse blocks. In front of it the corridor, the outer end of which has been destroyed, is about 1.2 m wide.
Between the two supporting stones on the south side of the main chamber there is access to a secondary chamber made up of three blocks, 2.6 m long and 1.4 m wide. A similar chamber was probably on the north side, but its access from the main chamber has been destroyed and only one possible side plate lies on the sand. The relocated capstone rests on supporting stones in the main chamber and on loose stones in the chamber. It's big enough to cover the chamber. A smaller loose plate lies on the dune one meter east of the main chamber.
The facility is not mentioned in the extensive work: "The Ancient Stones of Wales" by Chris Barber, John Godfrey Williams and John Williams.
literature
- Vicki Cummings, Alasdair Whittle: Places of special virtue. Megaliths in the neolithic landscapes of Wales. Oxbow Books, 2004, ISBN 1-84217-108-9 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '22 " N , 4 ° 7' 13.2" W.