Verified51.4443° N · 3.2970° W · 85 m
St Lythans Burial Chamber
St Lythans Cromlech
Early Neolithic·Severn-Cotswold·🇬🇧 Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
About
About St Lythans Burial Chamber
Single-chamber portal dolmen 4 km east of Tinkinswood, comprising three limestone orthostats supporting 35-tonne capstone 4 x 3 m forming open chamber 2 m high. Formerly within long cairn now ploughed away, dated c.4000 BCE. Part of Tinkinswood-St Lythans-Dyffryn ritual landscape near Cardiff.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Relationship to nearby Tinkinswood
Theories
- 01Paired landscape tombs marking territory
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. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Severn-Cotswold
- Purpose
- Portal dolmen burial chamber
- Abandoned
- c.3000 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Antiquarian from 18th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1310 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
51.4443° N · 3.2970° W · 85 m · 1 mapped feature
Chamber
chamberThree-orthostat chamber with capstone
51.4443° N · 3.2970° W
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