<< Text Pages >> Porth Llwyd - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Wales in Conwy
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porth LlwydCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.278 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Map Ref: SH77036777 Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.192754N Longitude: 3.842054W
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 |
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Burial Chamber(Dolmen) in Conwy
Located close to the banks of a stream this site is now very badly damaged with the four remaining stones forming part of a field bank. The capstone which is the largest lies on the edge and of the other three only one is still upright.
Refernces
Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E.Powell et Al (Liverpool 1969)
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