Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen located northeast of the village of Llanfaelog on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is located near Tŷ Newydd farm, and is in the care of Cadw.
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  Shown within Anglesey | |
| Location | Anglesey grid reference SH344738 |
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| Coordinates | 53°14′10″N 4°28′57″W / 53.23599°N 4.48243°W |
| Type | Dolmen |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Ownership | Cadw |
Description
editTŷ Newydd burial chamber is a ruined megalithic dolmen set up on a natural outcrop and would originally have been covered with a mound or cairn.[1] The capstone measures 4.0 metres by 1.8 metres and is up to 1.2 metres thick. The capstone is cracked and rests on three of the four remaining uprights.[1]
Excavations
editThe chamber was excavated in August 1935 by Charles Phillips.[2] The chamber was found to be about 2.8 metres by 1.2 metres, and its area was defined by a spread of charcoal with a hearth at the eastern end, where there was thought to have been a second chamber or passage.[1] The finds included five flint flakes, a burnt flint arrowhead, a small chip from a polished flint axe, and nine small fragments of pottery.[2] Phillips believed that the pottery fragments were from the Beaker culture,[2] and thus might represent Bronze Age reuse of an earlier Neolithic monument.[1]
References
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- Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber, Cadw