Tŷ Newydd
Tŷ Newydd (also called Tŷ Nevyd) is a dolmen at Llanfaelog on the island of Anglesey in Wales .
Tŷ Newydd is an original with an earth or stone hill covered, disturbed megalithic site on a natural promontory. The cracked capstone rests on three of the four remaining bearing stones. It measures 4.0 m × 1.8 m and is up to 1.2 m thick. The chamber measures 2.8 mx 1.2 m. The area was defined by the spread of charcoal with a hearth at the eastern end where a second chamber or corridor was.
In the facility excavated by Charles Phillips in 1936, objects from the Bronze Age were found that represent a later use of this Neolithic facility. The finds consisted of five cuts , a burned arrowhead , a small piece of a polished flint ax and nine small pottery shards. Ch. Phillips believes that the ceramic fragments belong to the bell beaker culture .
Small concrete bollards mark the former perimeter of the hill.
Barclodiad y Gawres is a nearby megalithic complex between Rhosneigr and Aberffraw.
literature
- Glyn E. Daniel: The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013, ISBN 978-1-107-69762-1 , p. 123.
- Frances Lynch: Gwynedd. A guide to ancient and historic Wales. HMSO, London 1995, ISBN 0-11-701574-1 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 9.5 ″ N , 4 ° 28 ′ 56.2 ″ W.