Two Neolithic tombs separated by a few metres

Two Neolithic tombs sit here, just a few metres apart. It is unclear whether these chambers were part of the same structure or were independent.

The southern tomb is the more complete of the two. It has a capstone some 4 by 3 m (13 by 10 ft), supported by three stout upright stones at the south end and by a single more slender stone at the north. Additionally there is a wooden frame beside the north upright that may provide some additional support. The northern tomb is considerably damaged with two remaining uprights at the north end; the capstone has fallen and is leaning against them.

A report in The Archaeological Journal in the mid-nineteenth century states that at that time the chambers were surrounded by a large number of small stones. Nowadays, this stone debris is no longer visible, but its former presence may indicate that at one time, both chambers were buried under a single mound, as is the case in the multi-phase burial tomb at Trefignath, some 9 km (6 mi) west of Presaddfed.

You can walk out to them today through a kissing gate and across a grassy field, a distance of about 200 m (700 ft). There appears not to have been any formal archaeological excavation on the monument.

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