Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber on Anglesey

Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber on Anglesey.

Bryn Celli Ddu. SH 507702

Close to the village of Llanddaniel Fab. This burial chamber is deservedly one of Anglesey's most important ancient monuments, and dates from circa 3000 years BC. A spiral inscription on one of the stones to the back of the mound is probably of Celtic origin.

Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu	Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu Back	Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu Carved Stone
Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu, Inner Standing Stone	Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu, Tunnel	Anglesey, Llanddaniel Fab, Bryn Celli Ddu, Cadw Sign

Originally designed and built as a circle henge with a diameter of fifty seven feet, in the late Neolithic period this was destroyed by the building of the present burial chamber. Possibly suggestive of two early different religious cultures. It has a passage of over 25 feet, leading into the actual burial chamber. Inside you come across a free standing stone pillar. The site was excavated and repaired in four years, starting in 1927.

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