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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carnedd FachCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.649 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Map Ref: SH6580062620
Latitude: 53.143773N Longitude: 4.007872W
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 |
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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 |
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A truly massive pile of stones (pictured right in the top photo) - the remains of what is thought to be a burial cairn from probably the Bronze Age. Situated on the ridge above Cwm Lloer. It is circular, measuring approx 20m in diameter and up to 3.5m in height. It has been disturbed in the past, with several drystone shelters constructed and a modern walker's cairn crowning the summit.
Source: CADW.
From National Trust Inventory to Carneddau Estate:
Its centre has been extensively disturbed and both hollowed out and built into a shelter, with a further cruder shelter constructed to the NE but still within the limits of the original cairn. Between the two shelters stones have been heaped up to form a small marker cairn. There is no good indication of any kerb to the overall structure but the plan is of a roughly circular cairn of piled stones set on what was probably already a fairly prominent outcrop. Diameter 26m 30m and about 3m 4m high. The larger of the shelters within is 5m x 4m. 960m above O.D.
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