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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Siambr Gladdu Abermorddu Alternative Name: Abermor-ddu BarrowCountry: Wales County: Flintshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Caergwrle Nearest Village: Abermorddu
Map Ref: SJ30695648
Latitude: 53.100997N Longitude: 3.036632W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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After visiting the site I left with more questions than I had when I arrived. Stones lie across the site but are without order. A certain collection of stones to the east of the site could give rise to a chance at a cist or cairn and a long ditch across the top looks interesting too but nothing at all is conclusive.
There are local stories of Cawr Gwrle (Cwrle the Giant) who is said to buried at the site. A new housing estate built right next to this site has been named 'Llys Cromlech' (Cromlech/Dolmen Court) but it'sunlikely a cromlech/dolmen ever existed here.
Coflein describes the site as a barrow giving the following information; "A cairn close to a small hollow on the crest of a hill measures 6m in diameter and 0.3m high. Composed of stone consolidated in turf and peat it has been dug into slightly on the E."
Mwynhewch.
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