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| Being of the Scottish kind I just went over to the monument. You can go pretty well anywhere you like at home. This is an interesting Dolmen, reconstructed but still pleasing to the eye. |
Posted by hamish1st October 2006ce Edited 22nd July 2007ce |
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Visited 2nd August 2003: Based on my experiences working on another estate, I decided we could just brazen it out, so long as we were confident and polite. We drove up the drive in our clapped out Fiat Uno, and parked behind the trees near the house. I left the others in the car (Lou doesn't share my taste for this sort of thing) and strolled up to the chamber. The chamber is beautifully proportioned. You can really see why some people mistook it for a folly. I didn't go inside, because that would have looked a bit weird (not in keeping with my "I'm supposed to be here" persona). I did my best to look academic, and strolled around the taking it all in. On my way back to he car I nodded and smiled to a National Trust bloke in a minibus. He looked at me a bit strangely, then grinned back and waved. All the cloak and dagger stuff is fun, but there really should be better access to this site. It's a darned sight more important than the house. Even carefully controlled access on a regular basis would be better than the current situation. This post appears as part of the weblog entry Ynys Môn Day Trip
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Posted by Kammer5th September 2003ce Edited 28th June 2004ce |
| When following the A4080 down from Llanfair PG instead of turning into the Plas Newydd estate car park (NT sign posted) take the turn just before it. This lets you get right up to the stones. |
Posted by stubob5th June 2002ce |
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We visited Plas Newydd this weekend, only to be met by an obstrucive, nay obnoxious, National Trust representative. Not only is it £3.00 for the archaeological tour - (only on certain dates!) you must ALSO pay the usual admission fee to the grounds. This will amount to £5.60 each. The NT rep suggested we write and ask permission from Lord Anglesey if we really want access to the two sites on his land. I think we will. Watch this space. |
Posted by Seekers 13th May 2002ce |
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Do not pay to visit this site! As already mentioned, entry to the grounds of Plas Newydd, does not allow access to the site. Park up on the visitors car park, ignore the ticket office, and walk down to the picnic bench beside the fence. The site is visible over the fence. To gain access, I presume it's a case of ringing/writing for permission OR going on one of the guided archaeological tours. It's £3.00 and takes two hours, so some of the walk probably takes in the gardens, which may or may not be of much interest! |
Posted by IronMan29th April 2002ce Edited 19th December 2002ce |
| This one is on private land in the Plas Newydd country Park. I paid to get in but couldn't get close enough to the stones to get a decent picture. On the way out I realised I could have got a better view from the free car-park. Oh well, we live and learn. A longer lens woulda been useful though... |
Posted by Chris Collyer30th March 2002ce |
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I rang the National Trust today to ask if it might be possible to visit the chamber. I was told that the land around it is used by Chesire County Council for childrens' outdoor activities, and is therefor out of bounds for National Trust Visitors. The argument is that it's unsafe for members of the public to be given free access to an area where children are playing! I gather that it doesn't matter whether schools are using the land at the time of a proposed visit or not. The agreement has been entered into between the National Trust and Chesire County Council, and it is apparently inflexible. What has the world come to?! |
Posted by Kammer 22nd July 2007ce Edited 22nd July 2007ce |
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