Afon Eigiau

Also known as:
Cwm Eigiau
Nearest town:
Bethesda (9km W)
OS reference:
SH71026310
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 8' 56.5 N
Longitude:
3° 55' 43.84 W
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Images

Image of Afon Eigiau (Burial Chamber) by thesweetcheat

The central block has been broken from off from the “capstone”. Gledrffordd and Craig Eigiau beyond.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.5.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 29, 2012
Image of Afon Eigiau (Burial Chamber) by postman

Looking over the settlement down Cwm Eigiau, dolmen ? on the right.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman May 28, 2012

Articles

Afon Eigiau

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 6, 2012

Luckily there’s a possible collapsed tomb to be seen at the bottom, which restores impetus and purpose to my aching legs. Next to a (medieval?) settlement, the positioning of the tomb, if that’s what it is, is perfect. It stands on a prominent little grassy knoll surrounded and enclosed by the cliffs that separate the Cwm from the Carneddau tops. The stone blocks involved are very large, well, they’re megaliths aren’t they? They are perched on top of each other in a way that doesn’t seem particularly probable as a natural landform but isn’t conclusively man-made either. But the spirit of the Carneddau is upon me and I give it the benefit of the doubt, someone can always “prove” it’s natural if they’d like to do so.

Afon Eigiau

postman
postman May 28, 2012

I found this one whilst trawling through Cofleins vast array of blue dots, something I used to be happy to spend a whole day doing. This is what Coflein says of it.... Site Description

Record derived from GAT SMR. One massive elongated rock above 3 other smaller rocks. If larger broken rock boulder was entire it would be laid at an angle perhaps supported by smaller stones now collapsed. Suggests IR may be collapsed megalithic monument. Appears to be natural landform.

I made a pact with the god of maybe to one day get there and see it for myself, after pinpointing it’s exact position, and working it into a long walk over and round the Carneddau, I finally made it, it only took two years.

The dolmen ? is on the edge of a settlement of some sort, if my memory serves it might only be medieval, (sorry to any medievalists, but then what are doing on a prehistory website)
Nestled at the bottom of precipitous cliffs below Bwlch y Tri Marchog on a slight rise, it seems to be in a proper position to be a megalithic site. The big capstone is indeed broken in two, if it was whole it would look a whole lot more like a dolmen, but maybe we’ll never know for sure. For now the disputed antiquity label very much applies here.
One thing that is for sure is it’s outstanding position, wild and wonderful, if you do come set faces to stunned, and enjoy.

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