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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Garnteg BarrowsCountry: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Pontypool Nearest Village: Garndiffaith
Map Ref: SO267047
Latitude: 51.736195N Longitude: 3.062882W
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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Barrow Cemetery and nearby standing stone in Monmouthshire
You can park near the Six Bells bridge on Harpers Road, walk onto the old train line and walk north. After a hundred meters or so you can exit the footpath to your left and walk into the woods, going parallel to the footpath you just left. Keep going into the woodland for a few hundred meter slowly rising as you go. It's not easy going as the undergrowth is quite thick in places. I went at the end of winter when the undergrowth had died back and I still found it difficult to navigate.
The site itself is a strange one, I've taken pics to upload, but because of the undergrowth the barrows are not easy to make out. There is a very old wall enclosing a lot of the barrows, the wall may be a later edition, but it would surprise me if the wall is as old as the barrows themselves.
There is apparently an ancient spring or well in the area, but I couldn't find it.
I found about 6 barrows in total, but I'm sure there are more to be found so I will revisit again in the future.
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