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Tinkinswood (Burial Chamber) — Fieldnotes

First time visiting this great chamber yesterday. I drove there with my girlfriend after we'd been to St Lythans too.

Tinkinswood is so impressive, almost humbling. It's a real shame that the pylon is so close by however! We were scared we may not be able to get in after first seeing the surrounding fence, but we went through the kissing gate at almost 7pm despite the site being "closed" at 4pm. Interesting to see that a new(ish) information board is near the gate, with the "Under the care of Cadw" information scrubbed out and replaced with "The Goddess".

Had a great time exploring the insides of the cromlech, although slightly alarmed that someone had crudely painted a few haphazard pentagrams and the like over the insides of the support brick pillar. I suppose this place is a magnet for teenage types interested in that kind of stuff. We also passed the remains of a bonfire with cider and beer cans scattered about nearby :(

Nevertheless, it was a brilliant sight, and it's amazing to think of the effort involved to construct this amazing piece.

We took a quick walk into the woods which were suitably creepy - someone had constructed a teepee in the woods with branches and twigs, which stopped us in our tracks when we saw it!


Will definitely be going here again, hopefully when the weather is a little brighter and the temperature a bit warmer. And also when I've figured out how to take decent photos without having a pylon in the background.
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