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Modern SitesSite Name: Replica of St Lythans TombCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.752 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Glamorgan Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Cardiff
Map Ref: ST1886176913
Latitude: 51.485325N Longitude: 3.169935W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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coldrum visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 2 Access: 5
The plaque which can be seen on a stand in front of the house reads:
James Howell's House and Folly. This house was built as the home of James Howell, the founder of Howell's Department Store. It was sold in 1896 to the Cardiff Borough Council for use as both a Mansion House and a Judges Lodgings. James Howell then built a new private residence, which after his death was sold in 1913 to Cardiff Borough Council for use as the present Mansion House.
In 1918 this house became the Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers,and to mark its opening the stone folly in the front garden was donated by Miss Cory of Duffryn House (aka Dyffryn House). The folly is made of Radyrstone and is a replica of a Megalithic Burial Chamber contained within the Maes-y-Felin Cromlech (or Chambered Long Barrow) near St Lythans, South Glamorgan, which dates from the Neolithic period (C. 3000 B.C.).
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