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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen Garneddwen Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by TAlanJones on Wednesday, 16 September 2020  Page Views: 516

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.412 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bala  Nearest Village: Frongoch
Map Ref: SH868414
Latitude: 52.957987N  Longitude: 3.686602W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Arenig Fawr (left) and Arenig Fach (right) peeking over the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Gwynedd

The cairn is situated on the summit of Pen Garneddwen (top of the white cairn). The walk to it is difficult. The cairn is not visible until you reach the ridge that leads to it. Then there's a battle to negotiate your way through thigh high heather. All forgotten when you reach the site.

This is a large cairn that sits proudly on the summit. It is 18m in diameter and 3.5m in height. The interior was excavated in 1860 and a cist and human ash removed. The site overlooks Llyn Celyn reservoir the site of the controversial drowning of the village of Capel Celyn in 1965 by damming the river Tryweryn.
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Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : View east across the cairn towards the Llyn Celyn dam. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : View across the cairn towards Arenig Fawr in the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Looking West across the cairn. Note the excavated interior. The excavation is 1.5m deep and 4m in diameter. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Getting closer to the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen Garneddwen Cairn
Pen Garneddwen Cairn submitted by TAlanJones : First view of the cairn on reaching the ridge that leads to Pen Garneddwen.

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