Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber — Attraction in Nevern

Neolithic dolmens are magical places, and this one in Pembrokeshire National Park is a stunner. It’s a gift to be able to stand amongst something as mysterious and ancient as this. Much has been, and continues to be written and spoken about regarding these structures that can be seen across our planet. The standard idea is a burial place, although several contemporary theories now exist. Believe what you will, or simply just keep an open mind, but visiting this dolmen is a rewarding experience. I came away with more questions than answers…but may be it’s supposed to be that way. The obvious one is the cap stone on top is 16 tonnes…what, how??? Thousands of years ago??? There’s no cost here, with the site being maintained by the Welsh Historic Monuments Agency. A small parking area in the form of a lay-by on the side of the nearby road makes access easy. If it’s a clear day the coast is visible to the west, if it’s not, a low mist or an overcast sky will add to the atmosphere. Local Celtic folklore speaks of fairies being seen, so go when the moon is full and let your...

When they were building this place, on a hill right between the Preseli Mountains and the Irish Sea, they surely couldn’t have comprehended the idea that one day we would come with our smartphones and DSLRs to take photos and upload them via satellite to a virtual cloud and type a review about our visit and our feelings and sense of emotional connection to the past because of what they had done and it being worldwide available to read and that we can park nearby and visit it centuries on knowing that it and the tree nearby has had centuries of visitors come and go over time and share the experience that they may have also had at sunset.

But they did it anyway. And for a completely different reason that I probably can’t comprehend. Proof if ever needed that even though lots and lots of different things may change during the course of a lifetime, the most important things rarely ever do. And I...

This awe-inspiring huge set of ruins were part of the Antediluvian times and were probably once a large town full of super structures, hence hundreds of other 'large cut rocks' scattered in the vicinity, if you're not taken in by archaeological accounts of carbon dating! (they can not carbon date rock) only certain materials that were found near the site used by many generations of ancient locals can be dated. This stunning site would have been recycled over and over throughout millennia. Some of these "cut rocks" are actually petrified mudrock/mud/sand/lime. (ancient forgotten concrete building methods that have eroded into what the site looks like today) High-quality building techniques that have since hardened to a rock-like state, after thousands of years. A truly ancient site. It's a forgotten time in history that doesn't belong in modern academia. Probably 13,000 years plus....