Bryn Celli Ddu
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Bryn Celli Ddu is a Neolithic passage tomb and ceremonial monument on the island of Anglesey in Wales, noted for its prehistoric burial chamber and alignment with the summer solstice sunrise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bryn Celli Ddu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1975259 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bryn Celli Ddu Context triple: [Anglesey, hasHistoricSite, Bryn Celli Ddu]
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A.
Cladh Hallan
Cladh Hallan is a Bronze Age archaeological site on the island of South Uist in Scotland, best known for its unique burials containing deliberately mummified human remains.
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B.
Pwllmeyric
Pwllmeyric is a small village and suburb on the outskirts of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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C.
Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle is a dramatic medieval hilltop fortress in southwest Wales, renowned for its striking clifftop setting and extensive ruins.
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D.
Bargoed
Bargoed is a former coal mining town in the Rhymney Valley of south Wales that developed rapidly during the industrial era.
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E.
Harlech
Harlech is a historic coastal town in northwest Wales, best known for its dramatic medieval castle overlooking Cardigan Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bryn Celli Ddu Target entity description: Bryn Celli Ddu is a Neolithic passage tomb and ceremonial monument on the island of Anglesey in Wales, noted for its prehistoric burial chamber and alignment with the summer solstice sunrise.
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A.
Cladh Hallan
Cladh Hallan is a Bronze Age archaeological site on the island of South Uist in Scotland, best known for its unique burials containing deliberately mummified human remains.
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B.
Pwllmeyric
Pwllmeyric is a small village and suburb on the outskirts of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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C.
Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle is a dramatic medieval hilltop fortress in southwest Wales, renowned for its striking clifftop setting and extensive ruins.
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D.
Bargoed
Bargoed is a former coal mining town in the Rhymney Valley of south Wales that developed rapidly during the industrial era.
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E.
Harlech
Harlech is a historic coastal town in northwest Wales, best known for its dramatic medieval castle overlooking Cardigan Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic passage tomb
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ceremonial monument ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
around 3000 BCE
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late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neolithic ⓘ |
| category |
Megalithic monument in Wales
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Passage grave in Europe ⓘ Prehistoric site in Anglesey ⓘ |
| constructedIn | late Neolithic ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| countryAdminBody | Cadw ⓘ |
| culture | Neolithic Britain ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | W. J. Hemp ⓘ |
| excavationEndDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavation | yes ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
astronomical observatory
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burial site ⓘ ceremonial site ⓘ ritual monument ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Afon Braint
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Llanddaniel Fab ⓘ Menai Strait ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bank
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burial chamber ⓘ capstone ⓘ carved stone pillar ⓘ earthen mound ⓘ entrance passage ⓘ henge ditch ⓘ inner stone circle ⓘ kerbstones ⓘ outer stone circle ⓘ passage ⓘ standing stone ⓘ stone cairn ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United Kingdom
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North Wales ⓘ
surface form:
northwest Wales
|
| locatedOn |
Anglesey
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surface form:
island of Anglesey
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| location | Anglesey ⓘ |
| managedBy | Cadw ⓘ |
| material |
earth
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stone ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Mound in the Dark Grove ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alignment with summer solstice sunrise
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prehistoric burial chamber ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| orientation | aligned to midsummer sunrise ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Neolithic period ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early Bronze Age ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bryn Celli Ddu Description of subject: Bryn Celli Ddu is a Neolithic passage tomb and ceremonial monument on the island of Anglesey in Wales, noted for its prehistoric burial chamber and alignment with the summer solstice sunrise.
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