Sweyne Howes (south)

Also known as:
Sweyne's Howes (south)
Nearest town:
Burry Port (11km N)
OS reference:
SS420898
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 35' 3.66 N
Longitude:
4° 16' 50.91 W
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Image of Sweyne Howes (south) (Chambered Tomb) by thesweetcheat

Sweyne’s Howes south, with the northern tomb directly behind. Llanmadoc Hill rises on the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.4.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 9, 2013
Image of Sweyne Howes (south) (Chambered Tomb) by thesweetcheat

Enormous slab in the jumble. The site is so disordered that it’s not even possible to know if this was an upright or some kind of cap.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2012
Image of Sweyne Howes (south) (Chambered Tomb) by thesweetcheat

The megalithic jumble of Sweyne’s Howes South. The northern chamber can be seen beyond.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2012
Image of Sweyne Howes (south) (Chambered Tomb) by thesweetcheat

Approaching from the south. There is a small ring cairn to the SE of the southern chamber that I didn’t know about. It can be seen in the bottom right here, but it’s best seen in Billy Fear’s picture. Carmarthen Bay can be seen in the background.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2012

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Sweyne Howes (south)

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 25, 2012

Sweyne’s Howes South is a right old state. A roughly circular or oval stone scatter surrounds a jumble of much larger slabs and blocks, some of which remain upright. This is an ikea flatpack of a site, but the assembly instructions were blown away and shredded by the wind long ago. Despite the slight melancholic air, it retains a powerful atmosphere, sat on its heathery slopes, with views of sea and mountain. The better-preserved northern chamber is close at hand and adds to the general feeling of a complex landscape, tantalisingly close yet just eluding the fingertips.

In my excitement, I utterly fail to see the ring cairn that lies to the south east of this megalithic puzzle, so a return trip is assured anyway.

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