Photos of the Beautiful Welsh Neolithic Standing Stone Pentre Ifan Quoit – A stone burial chamber dolmen near Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Photos by Photographer Paul E Williams. (TIP – use the icons below the slideshow for thumbnail photos and info)
Photos of the Welsh Neolithic Standing Stone Pentre Ifan Quoit
Photos of Pentre Ifan neolithic megalith dolmen, Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 51.9990°N 4.7700°W.
Pentre Ifan is the best preserved dolmen in Wales. Dating from about 3,500 BC the neolithic monument comprises of 7 standing stone with a huge capstone weighing 16 tonnes.
Originally been built as a burial chamber at the centre of an earth mound, Pentre Ifan was 30 metres (98 ft) long and 17 m wide. Over time the soil of the mound has been washed away.
The chamber would have been accessed by a stone doorway and it is believed that such neolithic dolmen were part of a burial ritual which honoured the bones and remains of ancestors.
It will probably never be known what Pentre Ifan were used for, but the incredible effort put into building these massive stone monuments points to them being an important part of neolithic communities rituals.
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