Pentre Ifan

Pentre Ifan, the best Iron Age burial chamber in British Ises.
About 10 miles east of Fishguard overlooking Newport Bay

Looking northwest from Pentre Ifan with Newport Bay in distance

The bottom picture shows that originally Pentre Ifan
was filled in with dirt and lined and covered with small stones.

Looking down slope. The original burial chamber would have been filled in with dirt
back to the fence posts about 120 feet beyond the stones.

The standing stones are just to the left of the big stone (Stone can be seen in first image).
The dirt of the original burial chamber would have reached to the fence in the center of picture.
Newport Bay is in the distance on far left.

Looking west from Pentre Ifan to Carningli (The Hill of the Angels).
These are the Presely Hills from whose eastern crests came the bluestones of Stonehenge,
which were probably transported by water from Newport Bay.
Therefore, there is a connection between Pentre Ifan and Stonehenge hundreds of miles away.

Closeup of Carningli (The Hill of the Angels)
The atmospheric conditions are such that many wispy white clouds that look like angels form over the hill.
Tradition is that St. Brynach in the sixth century used to go up the hill to meditate and commune with the angels.

Mary Jane and Jan at Pentre Ifan

Mary Jane under the cap rock of Pentre Ifan
The cap rock is 16 feet long and weighs 40 tons.

Ancient farmer's fence near Pentre Ifan
Probably made by using stones "borrowed" from the surface of Pentre Ifan's mound

Scott stands on a stone in farmer's fence near Pentre Ifan

A very confusing sign to Pentre Ifan.
The top line is in Welsh. The second line is in English but really of little help to the typical tourist!
A kind and sensible person added the hand drawn sign!

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