Capel Garmon Burial Chamber Marker - Conwy, North Wales, UK
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N 53° 04.378 W 003° 45.938
30U E 448705 N 5880661
An impressive and well preserved Dolmen burial chamber in Capel Garmon with a Historical Marker.
Waymark Code: WM5H2Y
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/06/2009
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There are two signs, one in Welsh and one in English reading as follows:
'CAPEL GARMON
BURIAL CHAMBER
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE 2500 -
1900 B.C. FOR THE COMMUNAL
BURIAL OF THE DEAD AND WAS
ORIGINALLY COVERED BY A
MOUND OF STONES.
IT IS OF SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE
LONG CAIRNS OF SOUTH EAST
WALES AND THE COTSWOLDS.'
Type of Historic Marker: Metal Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Secretary of State for Wales
Age/Event Date: 01/01/1900
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