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Bodowyr Chambered Tomb is a Neolithic passage grave located on the island of Anglesey in north Wales, dating to approximately 3500–3000 BCE. The monument comprises a stone-built chamber accessed by a passage, constructed using large orthostatic slabs typical of megalithic funerary architecture of the period. Excavation has revealed evidence of human burial within the chamber, confirming its function as a collective burial site serving a Neolithic community. The tomb represents an important example of the passage grave tradition found throughout Wales and wider western Britain during the Neolithic period, reflecting sophisticated burial practices and social organisation among early farming populations.
Bodowyr Chambered Tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN007. View the official record →
Bodowyr Chambered Tomb is a Neolithic passage grave located on the island of Anglesey in north Wales, dating to approximately 3500–3000 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN007.
Bodowyr Chambered Tomb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bodowyr Chambered Tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is AN007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caernarfon Town Walls (5.7 km), Castell Caernarfon (5.7 km), Lower Roman Fort (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bodowyr Chambered Tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bodowyr Chambered Tomb stands on Unnamed Metamorphic Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is marble, meta-limestone.