Tinkinswood Burial Chamber by Star4mation

Photography • Historical • posted on May 16, 2011

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Description

Chambered Cairn in South Glamorgan, Wales,UK. This chambered long cairn is covered by an almost rectangular mound, which has a stone cist half way along the northern side. It has a forecourt to the east created by the horns of the cairn, allowing entrance to the main burial chamber. Built around 6000 years ago in the neolithic period. The brick pillar inside was put there in 1914 to help support the huge capstone which has cracked. The capstone weighs 40 tons!

Comments (25)

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Skip1871

5:22PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

Wow, that is seriously amazing. Neolithic? Really great shot!

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sandra46

5:34PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

WONDERFUL DOLMEN!!! I LOVE IT!

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mgtcs

5:56PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

WOW...Magnificent place and shot my friend, marvelous view, fabulous capture, congratulations! *****

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Bossie_Boots

6:09PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

A wonderful capture but eerie i wonder how many people are actually buried there superb work !!

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magnus073

6:20PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

Really amazing photo Steve, and thanks so much for the detailed background info

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theprojectionist

6:48PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

If yer in Wales Steve,lets see some more.

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brycek

8:01PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

Fantastic capture..love it!!

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Savage_dragon

9:27PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

Go away! & don't wake me til sundown. ;)

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9841007

10:19PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

That looks cool! Nice pic! :)

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hipps13

10:27PM | Mon, 16 May 2011

wonderful capture warm hugs, Linda

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A_Sunbeam

4:51AM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Great photo

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jif3d

6:41AM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Moving a 40 ton rock slab back then must been very tricky indeed...BRAVO ! Interesting capture and I can see where Tolkien got some of his inspiration from ! Well done & ~Cheers~

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flavia49

8:28AM | Tue, 17 May 2011

superlative shot

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MagikUnicorn

10:39AM | Tue, 17 May 2011

WOWWWZER!!

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jimw1

12:14PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Fantastic Picture and Background details Steve.....Excellent post my friend..

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carlx

12:59PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Excellent photography, Steve!!!

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renecyberdoc

1:32PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

amazing the one wonders how "they"carried them around.

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sapat

1:42PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Wow Steve, this is amazing! Great history lesson too...keep 'em coming :)

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drifterlee

1:47PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Very interesting shot of the tomb!

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OrphanedSoul

8:36PM | Tue, 17 May 2011

Stone solid art!

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adrie

2:32PM | Wed, 18 May 2011

Wonderful capture.

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stevey3d

1:55AM | Thu, 19 May 2011

Superb capture Steve! Must have taken a few people to lift that cap!

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Richardphotos

9:58PM | Fri, 20 May 2011

must the oldest structure I have seen photo or no photo.superb subject

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three_grrr

1:14AM | Fri, 27 May 2011

Wow .. this is truly ancient! A wonderful capture .. and I really like that you've included some information about it. Gotta go google this. You're going to post more pictures, right??

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