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<< Our Photo Pages >> Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3) - Cairn in Wales in Denbighshire

Submitted by postman on Sunday, 04 November 2012  Page Views: 3224

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.389 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Denbighshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llangollen  Nearest Village: Eglwyseg
Map Ref: SJ23154597
Latitude: 53.005507N  Longitude: 3.146711W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
5

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Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3)
Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3) submitted by postman : no view just lots of heather. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairns in Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)

Up on the top of Eglwyseg mountain is a reputed three cairns , I could only find two, of which only one was very definite, despite all the heavy heather covering. Fantastic views all round.
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Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3)
Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3) submitted by SteCymru14 : Maen hir (bach) a’i garnedd yn y cefndir. Small standing stone and it’s cairn behind. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3)
Eglwyseg mountain cairns (1,2 and 3) submitted by postman : Some heather and lots of view (Vote or comment on this photo)

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