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Chambered tombs

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Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites in Southeast Wales

The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd.

Graig Fawr chambered tomb, near Pontardulais, Swansea

An Archaeologist excavating the town ditch at Wind Street, Swansea

Another chambered tomb which was only found in the 1990s is the one on Graig Fawr. Here the mound has completely disappeared, leaving two groups of chambers only 3m apart. Like Gaerllwyd, it is on fairly level area at the foot of rising ground. Both groups of chambers are made from fairly small orthostats (the scale pole is 1m long with the red section 50cm), but those in the northwest group (on the left of the first photograph) are thinner.

An Archaeologist excavating the town ditch at Wind Street, Swansea

The photograph to the left shows the southwest group. The remains of two chambers can be seen, of which the chamber at the back is the best preserved. The stone lying on the ground in the foreground may have been a capstone. The site of the tomb seems to have been used as a dump for rubbish by onme of the neighbouring farms in the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century.

An Archaeologist excavating the town ditch at Wind Street, Swansea

In the photograph to the right is the northeast group of chambers, which is more badly ruined, and it is more difficult to make out, though it may be possible to make out three compartments.

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