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St Lythans Burial Chamber

Tourist attraction Historical landmark

One of the Best Places To Visits in Dyffryn


Address

Wenvoe, Cardiff CF5 6SU, United Kingdom

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (110 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Sunday: (Christmas Eve), 10 am to 4 pm, Hours might differ
  • Monday: (Christmas Day), 10 am to 4 pm, Hours might differ

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  • 5/5 Ivor H. 9 months ago on Google
    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....👍
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dom 2 years ago on Google
    The dancing stones are resting. Unlike the nearby Tinkinswood, most of this burial chamber has been lost to time. The remaining three uprights and capstone form a shelter mostly for livestock, but occasionally for others risking the legendary madness of seeing some stones moving as if dancing. If you make it here, it's a quiet spot with good pastoral views.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Cymru J. 11 months ago on Google
    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.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Conor 1 year ago on Google
    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.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Z A. 1 year ago on Google
    An interesting, fascinating piece of history (please see information board in pic). Parked car at side of the road (burial chamber is a very short walk through a field - just watch out for the cow pats).
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Garry T. 7 years ago on Google
    Beautiful dolmen burial chamber - easy to find. It's in a field sometimes occupied by cows, so exercise some caution. Not a busy site - you are likely to be the only person there.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gethin S. 6 months ago on Google
    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.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Andrew S. 2 years ago on Google
    Well worth a visit. Totally free to enter. You just pull over by the road and take a short walk over a field. There is a sign at the gate to help you understand what you're looking at. It helps hugely to read it. CADW, the management and custodians, has a website which also gives further info. We went with 5 children and they all had a ball climbing up the rocks and using it as a play house. For a free activity - pretty good!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Tony E. 10 months ago on Google
    Very small tomb, in the middle of a field
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  • 5/5 Oliver R. 9 months ago on Google
    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.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Amanda S. 3 years ago on Google
    Beautiful prehistoric site just off the road. Easy access if able to walk a short distance. No facilities at this site
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Photography by P. 1 year ago on Google
    Such an amazing piece of history and a short walk from the road
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ben S. 1 year ago on Google
    Atmospheric buriel chamber standing alone in a field. Good after dark.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Steve B. 1 year ago on Google
    It's just 4 stones in a field, but that's what it's supposed to be. Seems a legit site and not 'restored' by a farmer with his JCB. Nice to see some offerings, there is still some respect for our history. There is only room for 2 cars, so if you are 1st please leave room for the 2nd.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 terry b. 2 years ago on Google
    What a great chamber and lucky to have cows keep me company

  • 5/5 Daniel L. 1 year ago on Google
    Interesting find off the beaten track

  • 5/5 Wesley T. 4 years ago on Google
    Such a beautiful place, full of history and legends.

  • 4/5 Emily “Auntie Em” W. 2 years ago on Google
    This beautiful neolithic tomb is surrounded by gorgeous countryside and near a number of other local sites of interest. You're not going to get a hot drink or a meal as there are no facilities, but you don't come to a place like this for facilities.

  • 5/5 Dave P. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful ancient structure, neolithic burial chamber 6000 years old!

  • 4/5 grant d. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely site. Well worth a short visit

  • 5/5 Steven W. 2 years ago on Google
    If you go in mind your head on the way out. Nearly knocked myself out. Otherwise stunning example of burial chamber. Look close for offerings of wheat,shells,flowers'and stones tucked into the walls.


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