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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Groes y Forwm Round CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.471 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Bala Nearest Village: Llanfyllin
Map Ref: SJ0267020670
Latitude: 52.774815N Longitude: 3.44424W
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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Situated along a trackway that leads to the NE from the Llyn Efyrnwy Hotel (Lake Vyrnwy Hotel) the cairn lies a few metres to the west of the trackway as it meanders through the foothills above the lake. This is a well excavated cairn with its interior hollowed out to a depth of about 0.5m creating the appearance of a crater. It has an 8.5m diameter and the outer ring is raised to about 0.4m. There are marsh grasses masking the east and northern arcs so the cairn can easily be overlooked (as I did) unless you stay alert or happen to have some form of locating device (said the Luddite).
The location affords excellent views of the Cwm (valley) below. Llyn Efyrnwy dominates but there are extensive views to the east and south.
This site is recorded as Coflein NPRN 306546, which tells us this is: "A centrally disturbed round cairn, 8.5m in diameter and 0.5m high, kerbed to the E".
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