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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Caer Garn Cairn and Round Barrow Alternative Name: Afon Ceirw CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.524 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Cerrigydrudion
Map Ref: SH8897047270
Latitude: 53.011186N Longitude: 3.65633W
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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Barrow Cemetery in Conwy
The recording by Coflein, see NPRN 40551 refers to this site as the Afon Ceirw Cairn and describes a once visible 12m diameter cairn prior to 1951, before it was levelled. The OS maps continue to include the site further confusing the enthusiastic cairn hunter. Furthermore, the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust not only identify this cairn but also suggest the previously apparent location of a round barrow but a few metres away at SH8900047210.
This is an environment with an undulating terrain. The Afon Ceirw and Nant y Pentre rivers meander through a cwm (valley) surrounded by high hills that range between 400 and 550m in height before ascending to the higher mounts such as Carnedd y Filiast of the northern Arenig range. Perfect for cairn hunting.
Alas I can confirm that very little remains of either site. However, I did note a stone at the cairn site, and a passing cyclist waved at me 😊
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