Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber
Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber is a stone in Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales. Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber is situated nearby to the village Llanengan, as well as near Llangian.Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stone
- Description: scheduled burial chamber in Llanengan Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Llech-y-Doll burial chamber”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porth Ceiriad and St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
Porth Ceiriad
Beach
Porth Ceiriad is a south-east facing beach and bay in the parish of Llanengan, near to Abersoch, in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It has several interesting geological features. Porth Ceiriad is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete. St Tudwal’s Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
St Engan’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Engan's Church is an active parish church in Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales. The village lies in the south of the Llŷn Peninsula, south-west of Abersoch. St Engan’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanengan and Abersoch.
Llanengan
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. Llanengan is situated 2 miles north of Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
Abersoch
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abersoch is a village in Llŷn particularly favoured for sailing. The village and the roads to the headlands west of it tend to get very crowded. Packed with holiday homes, making housing unaffordable to most locals, it becomes a bit of a ghost town outside of the main tourist season.
Llangian
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangian is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located 1 mile north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan. Llangian is situated 3½ miles north of Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber
- Categories: chamber tomb, scheduled monument, historic site, and landform
- Location: Llanengan, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.78248° or 52° 46′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.52178° or 4° 31′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C4QQFJH+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5426947902OpenStreetMap feature
historic=stoneWikidata ID
Q13127106
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In Other Languages
“Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Cilan-Uchaf (beddrod siambr)”
- Welsh: “Cilan-Uchaf”
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