Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic chambered tomb
       
     
the passage to the inner burial chamber
       
     
the 'mysterious' pillar, possibly a section of fossilised tree trunk
       
     
the standing stone with the zig-zagging artwork. This is a replica and the original is in the National Museum of Wales
       
     
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The entrance on the North Eastern side
       
     
Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic chambered tomb
       
     
Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic chambered tomb

Situated near the small village of Llanddaniel Fab, not far from the Menai Strait and with a view towards the Snowdonia National Park (on a clear day!), Bryn Celli Ddu has a long and interesting history. It started life around 4000BC in the late Mesolithic consisting of just five post holes (purpose unknown) and then came a henge monument and stone circle of 17 upright stones in the Neolithic at around 3000BC. After a further 1000 years the whole circle was demolished and a passage grave constructed with the inner tomb containing a mysterious upright stone pillar and the passage orientated towards the rising sun of the Summer Solstice. On the outside is another solitary standing stone with a strange zig-zagging piece of artwork on one side.

the passage to the inner burial chamber
       
     
the passage to the inner burial chamber
the 'mysterious' pillar, possibly a section of fossilised tree trunk
       
     
the 'mysterious' pillar, possibly a section of fossilised tree trunk
the standing stone with the zig-zagging artwork. This is a replica and the original is in the National Museum of Wales
       
     
the standing stone with the zig-zagging artwork. This is a replica and the original is in the National Museum of Wales
DSG_2220.jpg
       
     
The entrance on the North Eastern side
       
     
The entrance on the North Eastern side