[Stones] Trefignath & Ty Mawr, Anglesey

[Ric]

Thanks Tim,
   
  good reporting. despite the inevitability of 'progress' (or because of it?) i find this development depressing; incidentally, i think Ty Mawr means 'big house' - i wonder whose dwelling, though?
   
  ric
  
Shropshire Traveller <thehermitoftillywhim at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
  FYI,

If you didn't know, there is a large development happening around 
Trefignath Chambers & Tw Mawr Standing Stone near Holyhead. Even nearer 
Holyhead, soon.

I have some pictures now online at the Portal:
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4441
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=382812546

The below typed up last night at Betws y Coed youth hostel after a 14 
hour day and 200 miles driving...

Just reporting back from having seen the area around Ty Mawr standing 
stone and the multiple chambers of Trefignath. A huge sign is to the 
left of the A55 on entering Holyhead, inbetween the dual carriageway and 
Trefignath's enclosure, highlighting land for development. The 
development seems to be completely about Ty Mawr standing stone; it has 
an orange fence at a reasonable diameter around it. As for Trefignath, 
the other side of the lane to west, the fields are completely in a state 
of literal upheaval. Diggers and dumper trucks are continuously at work. 
Groups of folk in hi-vis vests stand around gesticulating, whilst others 
survey. A compound to the north seems to be the base of operations for 
much of the plant, and make shift offices. It seems the tide of modern 
human activity is washing higher around this once quiet site. On my 
first visit, the only modern intrusion was the aluminium plant. Then 
came the A55 redevelopment, and now I think a retail or leisure park 
will sit to the immediate north and west of the neolithic stones. I 
guess this means the amount of detritus left (ie. cigarette packets, 
beer cans and bottles will increase), and the immediacy of the monument 
for nearby idle hands may bode ill. In all fairness, the work of 
development seems to be being done as considerately as possible, but as 
long as populations grow, the demand on space and resources, and ways to 
get those resources to their destinations will increasingly impact on 
natural and archaeological contexts.

Cheers

Tim
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