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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Welshpool A CursusCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.176 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Welshpool Nearest Village: Welshpool
Map Ref: SJ21640480 Landranger Map Number: 126
Latitude: 52.635269N Longitude: 3.159316W
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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Cruciform Long Enclosure in Powys
Status: Certain
NMR No. PRN 3482
Extent: 380mx12m
Terminal type: Unknown
Date: 3960-3630 cal BC 95% confidence terminus post quem
Note: This location marks one terminal (end) of a cursus monument. The location of the other terminal can be found in the Nearby Site list below.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a short general page on this cursus - see their entry for Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled, Belan, Montgomeryshire.
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