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whatisthat May 22, 2006 20:46:49
Replying to FourWinds

With respect FourWinds, not sure that your postcard is the Dyffryn Ardudwy east tomb.

A pic from of the east tomb from Alvin Coburn's collection from the 1930s (?) looks like my pics from last September:
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip27/htmlsrc/m197927210001_ful.html

Also your dolmen is qute elegant whereas the east tomb is er... a bit ugly. It is obviously not the cuddly western tomb.

Alvin has another photo which looks like your dolmen from the other side:
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip27/htmlsrc/m197927210004_ful.html

If not the east tomb then where can it be? Carnedd Hengwym (south) before it collasped? Any other ideas anyone?

BTW, more of Alvin's great pics are here:
http://www.geh.org/ar/strip27/htmlsrc/coburn_sld00039.html

F FourWinds
FourWinds May 23, 2006 05:37:49
Replying to whatisthat

No worries. I used this photo to match it up:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/46389

The capstones are clearly the same and the drystone walls around both match too.

F FourWinds
FourWinds May 23, 2006 06:12:27
Replying to whatisthat

I can not find a photo of Dyffryn that makes the capstone of the east tomb look like the first photo you link to: http://www.geh.org/ar/strip27/htmlsrc/m197927210001_ful.html

I know Dyffryn really well. My parents used to live down the road. I would say that that image isn't Dyffryn.