Din Lligwy , Anglesey Lligwy Burial Chamber Lligwy trilogy Post 1

 

  A 25 tonne limestone  capstone covers a 5,000 year old tomb . Tapered grooves visible on two sides are result of a method used to split off capstone . Wooden wedges were hammered  into deep man made holes drenched in water expanded and worked until chosen section snapped off . Genius !!! .  

The Capstone is supported by flat and short megaliths . This made the task of  getting a massive rock into position easier . 

 Capstone is 18ft/5.5m long by 15ft/4.6m wide . 

 Burial Chamber was buried beneath an earth  mound . 

 The tomb was excavated in 1908, human and animal bones , flint tools and pottery were among the finds .

Din Lligwy , Anglesey . Iron Age/Roman Settlement Llugwy trilogy Post 2 :

 

Din Llugwy (grid ref SH4970286134 ) . Iron Age village later occupied by Romans . The site covers an area over 1100 square metres , has a communal area, four rectangular buildings , two round huts and surrounded with  a 1.5 (5') metre by 1.2 m (4')  wall . .  

Din Llugwy is close to Capel Lligwy (Post 3 )  300 metres walk  west side of field . 

A narrow path leads through a small wood , wild garlic growing on both sides  .First iimpression . This  place is stunning .. !

The original inhabitants settled here around 200BCE . Thick walls encircling the settlement are said to be a weather shield rather than forifcation . Coins , pottery and glass and glass have been discovered here date from the late Roman period in the 3rd and 4th centuries .

Notched part of door frame , may be where timber placed across door on the inside was fitted . 

Lligwy , Anglesey .Post 3 : Capel Lligwy .

 

Anglesey is an interesting place to say the least .  On the last day we went  to a coastal area called Lligwy . We were there to visit three different ancient sites dating from the 12th century to the Bronze age  .

Quite a jump .

Capel Lligwy interior . 

 Large sandstone rock with chiselled out mortice to fit Cross .

 Steps leading to crypt

 

Church dates from the end of the Viking era ,when Nordic raiders began to settle on the island . Many converted to Christianity .These people must have built the  church ? .Sometime later the timber church was torn down to be rebuilt using stone .

Ruined Church .

Bryn yr Hen Bobl , Anglesey

 

Bidding adieu to Bryn Gelli Du , we trekked back to the main road . Plas Newydd Burial Chamber is next on the list two kilometres east along the main road . We opt for a slightly longer detour through woodland to a lesser known cairn 'Bryn yr Hen Bobl'  grid ref SH5188869 a stones throw from Plas Newydd . 

Heading east through woodland beneath tall trees and an abundance of flora and fauna . 

Wild garlic on both sides of the forest path . 

Exited the woods ,  path led into a stunning coniferous avenue a few hundred metres in length . 

Menai Strait in foreground . 

I kept thinking this area was sacred to the ancients .No evidence ..

Do you believe in magic ?

Cairn is positioned between two hills measures 40m x 30m x 5m high  

 Unseen Burial Chamber is bottom centre left .

Loose limestone used in the construction scattered over mound .

Panoramic view of mountain range , south east  . 

Capstone .

Burial chamber is as the bottom looking east over the Maenai Strait . 

 Bryn yr Hen Bobl , 'Hill of the Old People' was excavated from 1929 to 1935 where pieces of Neolithic pottery were found .