This year could see the highest ever number of reported crimes of damage and vandalism at some of Wales’ ancient sites, according to Cadw, which preserves and protects Welsh heritage.
Bryn Celli Ddu passage tomb on Anglesey, one of the best known Neolithic sites in Wales, dating back 5,000 years, has recently seen graffiti and damage to the internal chamber stones.
More than 40 marks have been painted inside the passage and tomb, including fingerprints, handprints, diamond shapes and circles.
Sean Parry, a local tattooist, said people had been “fingerpainting on sacred sites” and sharing it on social media as “spiritual practice”.
“We have no evidence that these monuments were ever decorated like this, and even if they were, it is not a place to leave our marks on them in the modern day,” he said.
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