Presaddfed
Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 56.9 ″ N , 4 ° 28 ′ 51.6 ″ W Presaddfed is a megalithic complex on the island of Anglesey in Wales . It is located not far from Llyn Llywenan Lake, in the middle of a pasture, about 45 m above sea level. Not far from the Din Dryfol complex, it is the most distant monument of its kind on the island. F. Lynch points out that the complex, like Trefignath , may have been a multi-phase monument. However, since the hill and other characteristic features are no longer present, the complex cannot be classified.
The larger of the two medium-sized chambers is well preserved. The dolmen consists of four bearing stones and the 0.5 m thick capstone. The second chamber collapsed. The slipped capstone is leaning against two of the once at least four bearing stones. One of the characteristics that suggest a two-phase nature is that the monument was made of two types of stone. One is locally extracted from a rock outcrop , the other is similar to the stone material with which Trefignath was built. One of the bearing stones is made of a conglomerate of large pebbles with quartz inclusions .
Nearby is the menhir of Tre-Gwehelydd to the north .
literature
- Frances Lynch: The megalithic tombs of north Wales. In: Thomas GE Powell , John XWP Corcoran, Frances Lynch, Jack G. Scott: Megalithic Inquiries in the West of Britain. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1969, pp. 107-148.
- Vicki Cummings, Alasdair Whittle: Places of special virtue. Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales. Oxbow, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-84217-108-9 .
