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Anglesey 2 Anglesey 3 Anglesey 4 Hut Settlement East Anglesey East Anglesey 2 Din Lligwy North Anglesey Henblas Anglesey North Wales Pembrokeshire Gwynedd Lleyn Peninsula Mid Wales Powys		We were heading to South Stack to visit the Neolithic settlement there so decided to visit some sites we had missed and revisit Bryn Celli Ddu to look for the signs of carving on two of the stones. Burial Chamber Plas Newydd SH 520 697 If you are visiting Bryn Celli Ddu it is worth looking at this site as it is nearby. Coming from the bridge on the A4080 after about 2 miles take the left turn a few metres before the left turn to the National Trust car park for Plas Newydd. This lane has a blue private sign but this is for the centre down there. After a short distance you will see the tomb on the right in a field. Plas Newydd on a frosty morning There appears to be two chambers joined together, the smallest seems to have been built first as it is a simpler construction. The larger is much more impressive and the large supporting stones hold up a huge capstone. Plas Newydd Burial Chamber From here we tried to visit the chamber further south at SH 519 690 but the lanes all seem private, belonging to the National Trust property and one was signed “Lord Anglesey’s Flat”!! So we avoided this one. We think we found it in a field but didn’t go in as we didn’t see Lord Anglesey or anyone else to ask permission. It appears to be still in the form of a long mound with a couple of trees growing out of it.
		Inscribed Standing Stone Near Llanfaelog SH 355 750 On the way to South Stack we turned off the A5 towards Llanfaelog to see the “Inscribed Stone” marked on the map. After about 1.5 miles look for the top of the stone standing out above the wall on the left. It is opposite a bungalow which is on the right of the road. There is space on the verge to park. This is called the “Cunugusus Stone” and is about 4.5 feet (1.4 metres) tall. We couldn’t see any inscriptions on it or find out any other information about it.
		Neolithic Settlement Holyhead Mountain Hut Group SH 212 820 Turn off the A5 towards Trearddur where you take a left turn near the garage signed to South Stack. Carry on for a few miles past bays and beaches and take the turn off left signed South Stack. Park in the RSPB car park on the left then cross the road to a stile signed to the Hut Circles. About twenty structures remain here spread over about 20 acres at the foot of Holyhead Mountain. Excavations in the 19^th century found artefacts and coins from the Roman period but more recent excavation and radiocarbon dating has indicated that part of this settlement dates back to the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. The round structures were built with low walls of dry stone walling combined with larger upright boulders. Among the structures are smaller constructions which may have been used as storage chambers.
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