Presaddfed 

Megalithic Tombs - Anglesey

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The stones at Presaddfed seem to be the remains of two burial chambers, but the classification of these structures is unclear. They are obviously not Portal Dolmens and it seems unlikely that they were Passage Graves. The chambers are aligned on roughly the same axis, and may be the remnants of a multi-period monument similar to that at Trefignath, although there is no direct evidence that the two monuments were ever linked. 

The southern chamber is the most complete, its capstone is still in place, there is however a modern timber brace stabilising the structure.  The northern chamber is an almost total ruin, with only one of its stones still upright, the fallen capstone leaning on this at a shallow angle. We could see no evidence of a covering cairn(s), but this has probably been robbed away in antiquity. We were told that the southern chamber had once been used as a dwelling by a family of squatters long ago, today it is used as a shelter by the livestock that graze the field.