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<< Text Pages >> Sant-Y-Nyll - Round Barrow(s) in Wales in South Glamorgan

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sant-Y-Nyll
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.98 km away from the location you searched for.

County: South Glamorgan Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Cardiff
Map Ref: ST10077829
Latitude: 51.496372N  Longitude: 3.296859W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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no data Ambience:
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1Awful
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no data 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ploughed-down Bronze Age Round Barrow that was excavated in 1940 and 1958 and was found to be a complex monument. It was preceded by early Bronze Age occupation. The Barrow has been associated with The Battle of St Fagan's which occurred on the 8th May 1648. RCAHMW Coflein record: SANT-Y-NYLL. Battle of St Fagan's RCAHMW Coflein record: Battle of St Fagan's. The Battle of St Fagans; thesealedknot.
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ST1078 : A4232 east of Sant-y-Nyll by Colin Pyle
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ST0978 : Melinwynt St y Nyll Windmill by Alan Richards
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Re: What Were You Thinking Of? Round Barrows and the Dwelling Perspective by sem on Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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Re - Mount Pleasant, Nottage.
The National Museums and Galleries of Wales Catalogue (a snip at just over fifty quid - if they have a copy available!) lists Meso, Neo and Bronze Age finds.
I've been trying to get a picture of this for years, but have never managed to get the light right to show what are really just crop marks.
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What Were You Thinking Of? Round Barrows and the Dwelling Perspective by Andy B on Tuesday, 24 March 2015
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What Were You Thinking Of? Round Barrows and the Dwelling Perspective, by Rick Peterson, 2007.

This paper reviews the evidence from two barrow excavations carried out by Hubert Savory in south east Wales: Sant-y-Nyll and Mount Pleasant, Newton Nottage. Drawing on the Dwelling perspective of Tim Ingold and reassessment of archive records and the artefacts from both sites, it is suggested that two different ways of dwelling can be identified at different dates. It is suggested that Mount Pleasant was initially a Neolithic round mound with a central open space before being re-used for burial in the Early Bronze Age.

By contrast Sant-y-Nyll seems to have been a Early Bronze Age settlement site with at least three relatively slight circular buildings which was then covered by a round barrow.

In Last, J. (ed) Beyond the Grave: new perspectives on barrows. Oxford: Oxbow, 127-139.

https://www.academia.edu/1385295/Peterson_R._2007._What_Were_You_Thinking_Of_Round_Barrows_and_the_Dwelling_Perspective
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