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Lligwy Burial Chamber

Moelfre Limestone

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Stone used to construct the dolmen, including the enormous capstone, is local karstic limestone, which would have been collected from surface outcrop and somehow levered up into place.
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Lligwy, Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Address
Moelfre LL72 8NH
Date of build
3rd Millenium BCE
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Stone identified by Ruth Siddall
Lligwy Burial Chamber — Moelfre Limestone
Moelfre Limestone at Lligwy Burial Chamber
Moelfre Limestone at Lligwy Burial Chamber (detail 2)
Moelfre Limestone at Lligwy Burial Chamber (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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