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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pistyll Mountain Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by geoffstickland on Saturday, 17 September 2022  Page Views: 251

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pistyll Mountain Cairn
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.498 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Carmarthenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ammanford  Nearest Village: Llandebie
Map Ref: SN62791662
Latitude: 51.831292N  Longitude: 3.992637W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Pistyll Mountain Cairn
Pistyll Mountain Cairn submitted by geoffstickland : Access to the cairn is simple, via a pedestrian gate on the lane from llandebie. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Carmarthenshire

A Bronze Age Cairn on a ridge above Llandebie, mostly robbed of stones but still clearly visible. It consists of scattered stones on a slight, grassy mound about 25' across.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN6216 : Llwybr Pistyll Canol Path by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
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SN6216 : Former Pistyll lime quarry by Nigel Davies
by Nigel Davies
©2005(licence)
SN6216 : Hen heol Gelliwastad old road by Alan Richards
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©2014(licence)
SN6216 : Pistyll Lime Works - Lime Kilns by Adrian Dust
by Adrian Dust
©2022(licence)
SN6216 : Pistyll Lime Works - Chimney by Adrian Dust
by Adrian Dust
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