Lligwy

Lligwy
Type:	Dolmen
Country:	Wales
County:	Anglesey
Grid Ref:	SH501860
Latitude:	53.349346
Longitude:	-4.252235
Accuracy:	to 70m (NGR derived)
Datum:	OSGB36
OS Map:	OS Landranger sheet 114, Anglesey
Date:	August 1999
local map:	view map
View in Google Earth:	KML file

Lligwy dolmen has a very unusual appearance since the capstone is set low over a pit, held up by eight uprights. This appearance may be closer to what most dolmens looked like originally with the uprights covered by earth, rather than exposed as we are used to seeing them.

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