Last month I spent four days busing and hiking on the island of Anglesey , I could have hired a car but the lure of free travel on the bus was too strong . I visited four amazing ancient spots .
Today being a colossal day in the wheel of the year the only place to start is with a chambered tomb named Bryn Celli Ddu . This is the second intact Neolithic burial site I have seen on my travels . The other one is West Kennet Long Barrow in Avebury . Bryn Celli Ddu was opened , dicovered in 1699 . It's miraculous that such a magnificent structure is still here to marvel at the genius of the ancients . Originally the site consisted of a henge with a stone circle set on the inside measuring 17 metres in diamater . Sometime later no one really knows when , a mound with a chambered tomb inside it replaced the stone circle . Fint arrowheads, a stone bead, sea shells and human remains burnt and unburnt have been excavated . The centrepiece is a an 8 metre passageway leading to a small chamber with a standing stone within . The chamber and passage way are illuminated with the Sunrise on the Summer Solstice . Truly magnificent .
Passage leading to chamber .
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Tomb Guardian . Circular Blueschis stone pillar inside of chamber .
Pattern Stone was placed outside the chamber .The original carved stone pillar has been removed for safe keeping .
Section of Stone Circle .
Snowdonia looking east from top of the mound .
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