Lligwy Burial Chamber

This unusual chamber was excavated in 1908 and skeleton remains of between 15 and 30 people, men, women and children, as well as animal bones were found. Shells, flint implements, pottery and a bone pin was also found. From the pottery remains it was a deduced that it was in use in the Neolithic through to Bronze ages.

The Capstone is estimated to weigh between 25 and 28 tons and covers the burial chamber, standing on eight uprights that sit on the natural bedrock around 5ft below, or on rough stone walling. The capstone is 18ft (5.5m) long and 15ft (4.6m) wide. The entrance was at the eastern end.

Being sunk into the ground it gives it a shrunken appearance compared to others. You can get inside, but there is little to see.

It would have been originally covered by a mound of stones, earth or turf.

The inside

This huge rock appears different from every direction

Location: Lligwy Burial Chamber, near Moelfre, Anglesey Grid Reference: SH501860 Ceremonial County: Anglesey Map Link: Get-A-Map   Multimap Aerial photo: Multimap Getting there: At the roundabout where the A5108 to Moelfre joins the A5025, go round and slightly across into a narrow lane that takes you to Lligwy Bay, signposted to Din Lligwy. Follow this winding lane a few hundred yards and the Lligwy Burial Chamber is on your left, in a field within a few metres of the road, where there is room to leave a single car for short periods. Access: Access from road into field. Website: CADW Other Useful Websites: Wikipedia   Geograph   Megalithics Email: Address: Postcode: Telephone: Opening Times: Open all the time Charges: Free Nearby Locations: Din Lligwy Hut Group   Capel Lligwy Other Location Pages: Other Relevant Pages: Anglesey Attractions    Anglesey Attractions Map Notes:

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By: Keith Park	Section: Heritage Section	Key:
Page Ref: Lligwy_Burial	Topic: Burial Chambers and Mounds	Last Updated: 07/2010

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