Trefignath Burial Chamber (Anglesey)

Neolithic chambered tomb constructed in three separate phases, around 3750-2250 B.C.

Summary 13th century buildings (or older)

Introduction

Neolithic chambered tomb constructed in three separate phases, around 3750-2250 B.C.  

History to the present day

Trefignath Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb that was constructed in three phases.

It is built on a base of natural stone and compiled of three separate burial chambers. The first tomb, situated to the west was a simple box chamber covered with a round cairn. The second phase of construction was the central part of the tomb. This centre of the tomb complex has collapsed and the enormous capstone is also broken.

The final phase of construction was situated at the northeast end of the mound and this part has undergone some restoration and survives largely in its original form. The combined structure was then covered in a long mound of stones. Prior to the erection of the tomb the site at Trefignath was inhabited and it was only when this habitation ended that the burial chambers could be erected.
 

Other facilities

Opening times:

 

Open site all year round

 

Open sites are unstaffed and open to the public with no admission charge at all reasonable times, usually between 10.00 and 16.00 daily.

 

 

Photographs courtesy of CADW photographic library.