Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Cairn View all content for Bryn Celli Ddu

Visited 11.9.12 My penultimate CADW site. Well sign posted; large car park and a level, information boards and a gravelled path leading direct to the site. Nice and easy for a change! Karen stayed in the car while Sophie and myself made the longer than expected walk (10 minutes) to the tomb. As with nearly every site I visited on Anglesey this week we had the place to ourselves. When seeing Bryn Celli Ddu for the first time it is an impressive sight – like a mini Maes Howe – without the need to pre-book a visit! We first walked right around the Burial Chamber before entering from the far side. During this walk I noticed a large stone in the next field – anything to do with the tomb? Sophie was a little apprehensive at first but thought it was fun when I put her head light on. (This wasn’t really needed as it was fairly light inside) The thing I was most interested in having a look at was the supposed ‘fossilised tree’ standing stone inside the chamber. At first glance it just looked like a normal standing stone but the more I looked at it the more ‘tree-like’ it became. The stone is very ‘trunk like’ – rounded like a pillar (or tree trunk!) and the side facing you does have ‘bark-like’ markings although the opposite side shows no such markings. It would be fascinating to know if this is in fact a fossilised tree or not? Either way, there was something I had never seen before in a Burial Chamber next to the standing stone – a Weegie Board! On top of which as an ‘offering’ of a bunch of lavender (I think). I wonder if they got a response? It goes without saying that this is a ‘must see’ site. Probably the best prehistoric site on Anglesey.

Posted by CARL 14th September 2012ce

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