Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered Tomb

Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered Tomb - Cadw Historic Site in Gwynedd | Trust Quest

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Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered Tomb, Beddrod Siambr Dyffryn Ardudwy, is a pair of Neolithic tombs on a hillside overlooking Cardigan Bay behind the village, built in two distinct stages. The smaller western chamber came first, a dolmen with two portal stones and a high blocking slab under a small, roughly circular cairn. Several generations later the larger eastern tomb was built and buried beneath a wedge-shaped cairn some 100 feet long that swallowed its neighbour; both capstones still rest securely on their uprights. Archaeologists think the site served as a kind of ancestral house where the remains of the dead were kept together. Reviewers find it easy to visit and worth fifteen minutes. One tip from visitors: there is no car park, so park near the church hall on the main road and follow the small track up past the school. Dogs on short leads are welcome, and the Wales Coast Path's Harlech to Dyffryn Ardudwy walk ends at the tombs.

Open in daylightFrom Cadw's published times

Open any reasonable time in daylight

Opening times may change at short notice.

Open all year during reasonable daylight hours; no admission charge. Cadw asks visitors to come in daylight for safety and may close monuments at short notice in extreme weather.

Terrain level 2, easy: an exposed field that may be slippery or muddy underfoot, with guardrails to respect and no climbing on the stones; sheep graze the fields above. No toilets or facilities; an information sign stands before the stones. Drones are not permitted.

Dogs: Dogs on short leads are welcome at the tombs, an open field site at ground level.

Photo: The eastern chamber of the Dyffryn Ardudwy tombs, its capstone resting on tall portal stones among the cairn stones, with the smaller western chamber behind at the left and the coast beyond the field wall. Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neolithic_Burial_Chambers_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6270190.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.

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Walking routes1 route

Harlech to Dyffryn Ardudwy (Wales Coast Path, Cadw itinerary)

19 km

Dog access not confirmed

12 miles (19 km) linear from the car park in Harlech through the Morfa Harlech dunes, Llandanwg, Pensarn and along Morfa Dyffryn beach (part used by naturists), then inland across the A496 by St Ddwywe's church onto the signed footpath over a stile, a stream and fields to the burial chambers and a short path down to the main road; shorter options of 3, 4 or 7 miles; trains and buses between Harlech, Pensarn and Dyffryn Ardudwy. Free.

Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered Tomb

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