Pentre Ifan - Cromlech
Pentre Ifan - Cromlech

Some way from the coast. Near Mynydd Preseli .
Views of :-
Carn Ingli - " The Hill of the Angels " / Newport Bay /
A line of Carns on Carnedd Meibion - Owen

Pentre Ifan -" the homestead of ifan".
One of the most spectacular Ancient Monuments of Wales.
The Remains of one of Finest Neolithic Burial Chambers in Britain.
A Neolithic ( 3500BC ) - Portal Dolmen ( Cromlech in Welsh ).
A Chambered Tomb , with a 16 ton , 16ft Capstone , balanced on 3 pointed
slender uprights of Volcanic Ash Rock ( Tuff ) / Forming a chamber
where the remains of the dead , of an important family , could rest .
Dry stone walls would have completed the inner structure , the whole covered with stones .
Used for burials over a long period , before , finally being sealed .
Final structure 36m - ( 120ft ) long.

Ref: 9378

Date: 18/10/2011

Location: SN 099.370

Pentre Ifan - Cromlech

Some way from the coast. Near Mynydd Preseli .
Views of :-
Carn Ingli - " The Hill of the Angels " / Newport Bay /
A line of Carns on Carnedd Meibion - Owen

Pentre Ifan -" the homestead of ifan".
One of the most spectacular Ancient Monuments of Wales.
The Remains of one of Finest Neolithic Burial Chambers in Britain.
A Neolithic ( 3500BC ) - Portal Dolmen ( Cromlech in Welsh ).
A Chambered Tomb , with a 16 ton , 16ft Capstone , balanced on 3 pointed
slender uprights of Volcanic Ash Rock ( Tuff ) / Forming a chamber
where the remains of the dead , of an important family , could rest .
Dry stone walls would have completed the inner structure , the whole covered with stones .
Used for burials over a long period , before , finally being sealed .
Final structure 36m - ( 120ft ) long.

Ref: 9378

Date: 18/10/2011

Location: SN 099.370