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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Glan Hafon cairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.032 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llanfyllin Nearest Village: Llangynog
Map Ref: SJ07152776
Latitude: 52.839321N Longitude: 3.379868W
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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The cairn occupies a prominent position on a saddle between two hills, Glan Hafon itself and Garnedd wen, right under Garnedd Wen are more cairns, mostly clearance. Coflein says only this about this enigmatic cairn: "Stone built circular kerbed cairn with large, probably natural, boulder in the center"
Probably natural but then possibly not. A boulder burial ? where would the interment be under the boulder or in the rather small ring cairn round it ?
Sublime views down to the Tannat valley and over to Craig Rhiwarth with the big barrow Bedd Crynddyn to the west.
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