Garn Turne Burial Chamber View all content for Garn Turne

Further to Rhiannon's notes, (reference later) Garn Turne is one of three megaliths clustered around the hamlet of Colston, and apparently seem to be the end of the monuments that delineate the Myndd Preseli group.... It is an enormous capstone Nash says, one of the largest in Britain(weighing more than 60 tons,) now collapsed. It had a 'v' shaped forecourt similar to Pentre Ifan and Irish court tombs, facing north-east toward the large rocky outcrop. Apparently it has a large, pointed sandstone conglomerate block within the centre of the forecourt (think Pentre Ifan started with one singular stone). It's 'hidden' or at least merges into the stony outcrop that surrounds it, a feature of a lot of the cromlechs round here, and of course the siting near to a distinctive outcrop; the 'gorsedd' maybe of Julian Cope fame... ref; Neolithic Sites of Cards, Carms, and Pembs. by Geo.Children and Geo. Nash

Posted by moss 24th March 2008ce

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