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4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Gethin Sugar (15 months ago)
We visited on a warm and sunny day and enjoyed our short visit to St Lythans Burial Chamber. The neolithic burial chamber is some 6000 years old and stands in the middle of an agricultural field a short walk from the nearby road. The surface structure is smaller than the nearby burial chamber at Tinkinswood but still very interesting to visit. The burial chamber is free to visit with free parking near the site entrance in a layby on the road. The layby is fairly small and only offers space for around two cars. The entrance to the field housing the burial chamber is marked by a signed and is accessed up a couple of steps and through a kissing gate. There is an information sign next to the gate providing further information about the history of the site. After going through the gate, you will see the burial chamber a short distance away at the top of the hill. The path across the grass can be uneven in places and I imagine it could also be quite muddy and slippery in rainy conditions. Other reviewers mention the field is sometimes home to farm animals but there were none present during our visit on the second weekend of September.
We visited on a warm and sunny day and enjoyed our short visit to St Lythans Burial Chamber. The neolithic burial chamber is some 6000 years old and stands in the middle of an agricultural field a short walk from the nearby road. The surface structure is smaller than the nearby burial chamber at Tinkinswood but still very interesting to visit. The burial chamber is free to visit with free parking near the site entrance in a layby on the road. The layby is fairly small and only offers space for around two cars. The entrance to the field housing the burial chamber is marked by a signed and is accessed up a couple of steps and through a kissing gate. There is an information sign next to the gate providing further information about the history of the site. After going through the gate, you will see the burial chamber a short distance away at the top of the hill. The path across the grass can be uneven in places and I imagine it could also be quite muddy and slippery in rainy conditions. Other reviewers mention the field is sometimes home to farm animals but there were none present during our visit on the second weekend of September.
Ivor Humphries (18 months ago)
This ancient structure goes back some six thousand years......It is said that the first Welsh farmers built this burial mound what is known as the house of the rising sun for its dead.....It faced East so each time the sun rose it would warm them in their grave.......It was excavated in 2012 and revealed the original structure was 12 metres wide and 30 metres long,so pretty big.......All that remains today are the huge stones on top of this little hill......Like all these ancient places it is full of history....?
This ancient structure goes back some six thousand years......It is said that the first Welsh farmers built this burial mound what is known as the house of the rising sun for its dead.....It faced East so each time the sun rose it would warm them in their grave.......It was excavated in 2012 and revealed the original structure was 12 metres wide and 30 metres long,so pretty big.......All that remains today are the huge stones on top of this little hill......Like all these ancient places it is full of history....?
Oliver Roderick (19 months ago)
The more modest of the two burial chambers in the vicinity, St. Lythan’s is still very much worth a visit, and forms a worthy spot on the Haunted Fields wall. Set in a farmer’s field of cows, a rock to the side of the chamber proved a good place to get my flask out and take it in. Parking space for a couple of cars nearby.
The more modest of the two burial chambers in the vicinity, St. Lythan’s is still very much worth a visit, and forms a worthy spot on the Haunted Fields wall. Set in a farmer’s field of cows, a rock to the side of the chamber proved a good place to get my flask out and take it in. Parking space for a couple of cars nearby.
Cymru Jon (20 months ago)
Ancient burial chamber now standing alone in the beautiful countryside. The chamber is only 50 yards from the road so nice and easy to visit. There isn't a car park but there is room for a few cars to pull in on the lane. The site is well maintained by Cadw and there is an information board.
Ancient burial chamber now standing alone in the beautiful countryside. The chamber is only 50 yards from the road so nice and easy to visit. There isn't a car park but there is room for a few cars to pull in on the lane. The site is well maintained by Cadw and there is an information board.
Conor (2 years ago)
How often to you get to see two burial chambers in the space of 2 miles. This has been lost in time unlike the well maintained Tinkinswood. None the less it’s still as beautiful with the ancient rocks forming perfectly. I love to wonder and imagine how they got here. Great views all over the vale of Glamorgan from this spot too.
How often to you get to see two burial chambers in the space of 2 miles. This has been lost in time unlike the well maintained Tinkinswood. None the less it’s still as beautiful with the ancient rocks forming perfectly. I love to wonder and imagine how they got here. Great views all over the vale of Glamorgan from this spot too.
