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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heol y Mynydd Round BarrowCountry: Wales County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Bridgend Nearest Village: Southerndown
Map Ref: SS8841275126
Latitude: 51.464070N Longitude: 3.607729W
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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Coflein NPRN 93140. Described as a ploughed out round barrow, 9m in diameter. It's neighbour21m NNE, in an arable field, has been obliterated.
There are many such barrows in this area. The largest were excavated by Sir Cyril Fox in the late thirties and many others simply ploughed away for the forthcoming war effort.
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