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TINKINSWOOD CHAMBERED CAIRN
Site Details
- NPRN
- 94510
- Map Reference
- ST07SE
- Grid Reference
- ST09217330
- Unitary (Local) Authority
- The Vale of Glamorgan
- Old County
- Glamorgan
- Community
- St Nicholas and Bonvilston
- Type of Site
- CHAMBERED TOMB
- Broad Class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Period
- Neolithic
Site Description
A chambered long cairn, c.40m ENE-WSW by 17.5m and 0.9m high, defined by drystone walling, with a megalithic chamber opening onto a recessed forecourt at the ENE end.
Excavated 1914, finds included a range of IA-med material indicating secondary use.
A range of stones lie to the E & SE of this monument (Nprn307726).
(sources: RCAHMW 1976, 40;
Os495card; ST07SE19)
J.Wiles 29.01.03
