<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Wen - The Druid's circle - Ring Cairn in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Wen - The Druid's circleCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.601 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Ring Cairn
Map Ref: SN98686614
Latitude: 52.284029N Longitude: 3.486718W
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 |
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Carn Wen and the Druid's Circle are attached to each other, Carn Wen is a much robbed cairn, 7.9m in diameter and 1.0m high, having the remains of a substantial bouldered kerb and cist. 'A battle-axe, a bracelet and some other relics' were recovered in 1844 and a large erect stone at that time was noted at the centre of the monument.
The Carn Wen adjoins 'the Druid's Circle' on the N.
The Druid's Circle is an incomplete banked enclosure (a possible ringcairn]), c.15m in diameter, having a smaller circle (A possible little hut, but like Coflein says - The presence of ritual and possibly settlement features on the same site is unusual.). It's 3.5m in diameter, and is within and adjoining the S side.
The site adjoins Carn Wen to the S, whilst three cairns have been recorded from 20 to 110m to the NE (I could only see one]).
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