Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber
Dyffryn Ardudwy Cromlech
Early to Middle Neolithic·Irish Sea Neolithic·🇬🇧 Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
About
About Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber
Double-chambered portal dolmen 1 km west of Dyffryn Ardudwy village in Snowdonia foothills, with two separate 2.5 m capstones over western and eastern chambers sharing a mound. Built c.3500 BCE, showing evolution from small box to larger portal. Coastal plain setting with views to Cardigan Bay.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why two adjacent chambers — family succession?
Theories
- 01Addition of second chamber for lineage expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3500–3000 BCE
- Period
- Early to Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Irish Sea Neolithic
- Purpose
- Double burial chambers for successive phases
- Abandoned
- c.2500 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated by Powell 1960-61
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500–3000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1047 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
52.7858° N · 4.0750° W · 60 m · 2 mapped features
Western Chamber
chamberLarger western portal chamber with capstone
52.7858° N · 4.0752° WEastern Chamber
chamberSmaller eastern chamber with separate capstone
52.7857° N · 4.0747° W
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