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<< Other Photo Pages >> Replica of St Lythans Tomb - Modern Stone Circle etc in Wales in South Glamorgan

Submitted by coldrum on Sunday, 15 July 2007  Page Views: 6209

Modern SitesSite Name: Replica of St Lythans Tomb
Country: Wales County: South Glamorgan Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Cardiff
Map Ref: ST1886176913
Latitude: 51.485325N  Longitude: 3.169935W
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.
2 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.
5 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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Replica of St Lythans tomb in front of a building on The Walk, just off of West Grove road Cardiff, with plaque explaining it's history.

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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ST1876 : James Howell&#8217;s folly by Alan Hughes
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ST1876 : James Howell's House and Folly, Cardiff by John Lord
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ST1876 : Folly at the James Howell House, The Walk, Cardiff by John Lord
by John Lord
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ST1876 : West Grove, Cardiff by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
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ST1876 : Entrance to the Mansion House, Cardiff by John Lord
by John Lord
©2011(licence)

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