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Ligwy Burial Chamber is in Anglesey, Prehistoric Anglesey Burial Chambers.
Ligwy Burial Chamber [Map] is a Neolithic burial chamber in Lligwy, near the east coast of Anglesey, Wales. It consists of a circle of upright stones, made into a low chamber by a very large roof slab estimated at 25 tonnes. Excavation in 1909 found the remains of some 15 to 30 people, and pottery suggesting a late Neolithic date.
Archaeological Journal Volume 28 1871 Pages 97-108. 27. Lligwy [Map], Penrhos Lligwy par. (N).
A remarkable example, called also Coetan Arthur, adjoining the road from Red Wharf to Lligwy Bay, and on the estates of Lord Boston. Cap-stone of massive dimensions, 16 ft. by 13 ft. and 3 ft. 6 in. thick. Lewis, Topogr. Diet, of Wales: Angh. Llwyd, p. 341: Memoir by Rev. W. Wynn Williams, in 1867, Arch. Cambr., third series, vol. xiii. p. 135, where a N.E. and a S.E. view are given, with a plan. In 1845, as related by the late Rev. Hugh Jones, D.D. diggings for treasure at Lligwy exposed to view a quantity of bones, but their nature has not been stated, Arch. Journ., vol. ii. p. 269.