David Castleton (Author) on Nostr: Tinkinswood is a Neolithic burial chamber in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It was ...

Tinkinswood is a Neolithic burial chamber in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It was probably built around 6,000 years ago, making it older than Stonehenge. The huge capstone atop the dolman weighs about 40 tons - it is thought to be the largest in Europe and would have needed 200 people to lift it into place. Legend claims that if you spend certain nights at the site - the evenings before May Day, Midwinter Day or St John's Eve - you will either go mad, die or gain the gift of poetry. #folklore #history #mythology #weird #psychogeography #Wales #archaeology