Pentre Ifan
Pentre Ifan

Some way from the coast , near Mynydd Preseli .
Views from Pentre Ifan to Carn Ingli (" The Hill of the Angels ), Newport Bay
and 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 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.
Location:- signed from the B4329 and A487 west of Eglwyswrw.

Ref: 9378

Date: 18/10/2010

Location: SN 099 369

Pentre Ifan

Some way from the coast , near Mynydd Preseli .
Views from Pentre Ifan to Carn Ingli (" The Hill of the Angels ), Newport Bay
and 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 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.
Location:- signed from the B4329 and A487 west of Eglwyswrw.

Ref: 9378

Date: 18/10/2010

Location: SN 099 369