Bron y Foel Isaf Burial Chamber
Bron y Foel Isaf is a badly damaged portal dolmen in a superbly scenic location just a few miles from Dyffryn Ardudwy. The large capstone has slipped from its perch.
A stone wall has been built directly through the dolmen. Three stones of the tomb remain; a sidestone, a backstone, and the large capstone. The burial chamber was built in the 4th-3rd millennium BC. On the western side of the wall you can see traces of the cairn that originally covered the chamber. To the east is a curved stone wall that may have been part of a forecourt area in front of the cairn.
The impressive capstone measures 2.7m by 2.1m (roughly 8 feet by 6.5 feet). The collapsed cairn is estimated at 21m by 12m (roughly 65 feet by 38 feet), and is on an east-west axis.
The area is rich in ancient sites, with the Neolithic burial chamber of Dyffryn Ardudwy close by, and another at Cors-y-Gedol.
Getting There:
From Dyffryn Ardudwy head north on the A496, then right on a minor road toward Caerffynnon. Turn right at a crossroads into a lane towards Bron y Foel. You will have to open and close farm gates as you proceed. Just before the farm turn right and the tomb is set into the stone wall by the roadside.
The impressive capstone measures 2.7m by 2.1m (roughly 8 feet by 6.5 feet). The collapsed cairn is estimated at 21m by 12m (roughly 65 feet by 38 feet), and is on an east-west axis.
The area is rich in ancient sites, with the Neolithic burial chamber of Dyffryn Ardudwy close by, and another at Cors-y-Gedol.
Getting There:
From Dyffryn Ardudwy head north on the A496, then right on a minor road toward Caerffynnon. Turn right at a crossroads into a lane towards Bron y Foel. You will have to open and close farm gates as you proceed. Just before the farm turn right and the tomb is set into the stone wall by the roadside.
