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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pipton
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.358 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Brecon  Nearest Village: Aberllynfi
Map Ref: SO16043729  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 52.027644N  Longitude: 3.225158W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Pipton
Pipton submitted by Bladup : The remaining stones of Pipton chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Powys. One of an important group of chambered long cairns. The tombs belong to a distinctive group of monuments in the Black Mountains area of Brecknockshire, whose closest parallels lie in the Cotswolds.

At least one additional tomb once existed at Croes-llechau, east of Porthamel, which survived until at least the early years of the 19th century.

This site is located on private land - permission should be sought from Pipton farm.
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Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : April 2006, bluebells abound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : 2006, the laying of a new gas line crosses most of Wales. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : A bit out of the way, first view of the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : The big stone at the north? end of the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : New gas line crosses most of South Wales but probably doesn't get as close as this to an ancient monument. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : A side on view

Pipton
Pipton submitted by Postman : April 2006

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Pipton by coldrum on Monday, 24 December 2012
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http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4463
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Pipton by coldrum on Monday, 24 December 2012
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Coflein entry:

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93/details/PIPTON+CHAMBERED+LONG+CAIRN/
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The Stone Age tombs of south-east Wales by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 June 2006
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By Dr Steve Burrow, National Museums & Galleries of Wales

6,000 years ago small farming communities began to build tombs that continued to be used for hundreds of years — many survive to this day.

http://www.walespast.com/article.shtml?id=50

Still no photo of poor old Pipton
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The Middle Wye Valley by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 June 2006
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More at
http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/midwye/mwfunera.htm
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Death in Wales: 4000–3000 BC by Andy B on Monday, 19 June 2006
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8 June – 24 September 2006
National Museum Cardiff

Tinkinswood, Bryn yr Hen Bobl, Bryn Celli Ddu ‘The Hill of Black Grove' and Pipton - four burial tombs featured in National Museum Cardiff's latest exhibition, ‘Death in Wales: 4000-3000 BC', showing from 8 June – 24 September.

The exhibition presents a revolution witnessed by Wales over 6000 years ago when massive stones were arranged as houses for the dead, and human bones became tools for the living. It was a way of death quite alien from our own.

There are over one hundred Stone Age tombs in Wales – massive stone chambers, homes for the dead. Tomb builders coped with death differently from us. Some of their burial rites might seem strange and unnatural, but it is certain that they felt love and grief as deeply as we do.

How were so many corpses squeezed into such a small space? Was everyone buried at the same time? These are just some of the questions tackled in the exhibition..

Exhibition Curator, Dr Steve Burrow, says:

"Stone Age people treated their dead in ways very different to us. The exhibition shows these differences. It's as much about letting people reflect on how we treat our own dead as it is about studying the past.

"Most of the exhibits are human bone, but we've also made room for some other Stone Age artefacts, including new evidence we've discovered - a previously unknown link between Wales and Stonehenge."

This is without a doubt one of National Museum Wales's most sensitive exhibitions for some time, but it certainly promises to deal with what is a sensitive subject matter to all of us in the most dignified of ways.

Also accompanying the exhibition is one of National Museum Wales's most recent publications. ‘The tomb builders in Wales 4000-3000BC' focuses on Welsh tombs, a particular rich source of information. A book launch will be held at the National Museum Cardiff on Wednesday 21 June.

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http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/news/?article_id=240
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