<< Text Pages >> Creigiau'r Gelli Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd
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Date UncertainSite Name: Creigiau'r Gelli CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.55 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bethesda Nearest Village: Capel Curig
Map Ref: SH715584
Latitude: 53.107267N Longitude: 3.921014W
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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Cairn in Gwynedd
Situated on a natural terrace on the Northern slopes of Creigiau'r Gelli, the cairn is difficult to locate. There are a number of earthen mounds that resemble the shape of cairns but closer examination reveals that the grasses and mosses have overgrown Rocky outcrops.
The cairn is only just recognisable due to the southern side having been totally removed and the remaining stones overgrown. However, I was able to reveal some of the stones underlying. This is a partial cairn shaped like a crescent with a diameter of 5m and a slight rise.
What's left is not much to write home about but the location, overlooking Llynnau Mymbyr and with views across the Snowdon, Glyder and Carneddau mountains is quite something.
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