<< Our Photo Pages >> Simondston Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Mid Glamorgan
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Simondston CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.376 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bridgend Nearest Village: Coity
Map Ref: SS92378088
Latitude: 51.516555N Longitude: 3.552532W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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At the centre of the cairn was a rectangular cist containing two inverted urns, each containing the cremated bodies of an adult and a child. One of the stones forming the cist had five pecked cup-marks. There were a number of secondary cremation burials plus flints and a bronze pin found here.
Now lies under a factory!
Source: RCAHMW
Note: "It was with a delicious taste of irony that I discovered the current occupants of the site of (destroyed) Simondston Cairn produce among other things... standing stones!"
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