The burial chamber is a collapsed megalithicdolmen with a fallen capstone slab, roughly measuring 3.6 metres by 2.6 metres, resting on two flattened stones, both being 1.3 metres long.[1] The collapse of the structure may have been the result of the removal of a stone before 1873, as depicted by the date of when a drawing of the structure was produced.[2]
A sill stone to the east suggests that T Mawr was built as a passage grave. The stone would have marked the entrance to the chamber at the end of a short passageway from the edge of a covering stone cairn. The cairn has since been removed, but it was marked on early maps. It is thought to measure about 15 metres by 10 metres.[2]
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^ ab"Ty Mawr Burial Chamber (302558)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ abc"Ty Mawr". stone-circles.org.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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mawr, burial, chamber, neolithic, dolmen, located, northeast, town, llanfairpwllgwyngyll, anglesey, wales, mawrshown, within, angleseylocationangleseycoordinates53, 226139, 19028, 226139, 19028typedolmenhistoryperiodsneolithicdescription, editthe, burial, cham. Ty Mawr Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen located northeast of the town Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Anglesey Wales 1 2 Ty MawrShown within AngleseyLocationAngleseyCoordinates53 13 34 1 N 4 11 25 W 53 226139 N 4 19028 W 53 226139 4 19028TypeDolmenHistoryPeriodsNeolithicDescription editThe burial chamber is a collapsed megalithic dolmen with a fallen capstone slab roughly measuring 3 6 metres by 2 6 metres resting on two flattened stones both being 1 3 metres long 1 The collapse of the structure may have been the result of the removal of a stone before 1873 as depicted by the date of when a drawing of the structure was produced 2 A sill stone to the east suggests that T Mawr was built as a passage grave The stone would have marked the entrance to the chamber at the end of a short passageway from the edge of a covering stone cairn The cairn has since been removed but it was marked on early maps It is thought to measure about 15 metres by 10 metres 2 References edit a b Ty Mawr Burial Chamber 302558 Coflein RCAHMW Retrieved 2 October 2021 a b c Ty Mawr stone circles org uk Retrieved 2 October 2021 nbsp This article about a Welsh building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ty Mawr Burial Chamber amp oldid 1094984327, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
