Ty Isaf
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '14.1 " N , 3 ° 11' 31.2" W.
The Cotswold Severn Tomb (CS) of Ty Isaf is located in the north of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales , near the A479 south of Talgarth between two beds, which forms the Rhiangoll Bach. The Castell Dinas is also nearby . Only some of the larger panels of the chambers and walls are visible on the surface, as well as the stone box on the back . The plant is one of the ten plants that are grouped together to the "Breconshire type", as they have features that distinguish them from the other Cotswold Severn tombs.
The mound was excavated in 1938/39. A false door ( english false entrance ) was found at the opposite northern facade. Two chambers with corridors lead laterally from the west and east into the trapezoidal hill. The western chamber contained the remains of at least 17 people, leaf-shaped arrowheads , a full stone ax , a bone needle, and crockery. This chamber was reused by the Bell Beaker people . The eastern chamber contained the remains of a person. Two more burials, crockery and a small green sandstone slab were found in the hallway.
The excavation revealed a separate structure at the back of the hill. An oval mound surrounded by a double wall, containing a large cruciform chamber. The middle chamber is provided with secondary chambers on both sides (a small one on the right, one about twice as large on the left). This contained the remains of nine people and crockery. Immediately south of the cairn is a damaged stone box containing cremated bones and a Bronze Age urn . The animal bones found come from cattle , sheep or goats , pigs and dogs .
While the excavator William Francis Grimes assumed that it was a single-phase system, John Xavier Corcoran considers the Cairn to be a multi-phase system. The structural concept of the chambers corresponds to that of Capel Garmon , but not the oval shape of the hill.
See also
literature
- George Nash: At the center of the Neolithic world. The spatial arrangement of chambered monuments within the Black Mountains Group, Central Wales. In: George Nash (Ed.): Semotics and landscape. Archeology of mind (= British Archaeological Reports. International Series. 661). ArchaeoPress, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-86054-854-6 , pp. 12-18.
Web links
- The Neolithic Chambered Tombs of Breconshire (PDF; 2.9 MB)