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<< Our Photo Pages >> Graig Fawr - Chambered Tomb in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by mafric on Saturday, 29 September 2012  Page Views: 4603

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Graig Fawr
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.772 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Pontardulais  Nearest Village: Garnswllt
Map Ref: SN60840620
Latitude: 51.737181N  Longitude: 4.016736W
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.
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.
3 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
5

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Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by sem : It has now been determined that the site has two tombs side by side, though the jumble of stone makes interpreting the layout very difficult. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Recently discovered remains of a Cotswold/Severn type tomb in West Glamorgan.

It has now been determined that the site has two tombs side by side, though the jumble of stone makes interpreting the layout very difficult.
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Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by CulhwchAndOlwen : Graig Fawr North East burial chamber looking West as the sun sets. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by CulhwchAndOlwen : Graig Fawr South West burial chamber looking West as the sun sets. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr, the South West Chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr Chambered cairns. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Looking over Graig Fawr, a cist/chamber is at the right foreground. The north east chamber(s) are middle left with the south west chamber behind. It would once have been a large and important site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr, the south west chamber on the right and the north east chambers on the left.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. What looks like yet another chamber a little to the south of the known chambers (my lad is standing at them).

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. The second chamber in the north east chamber(s) with another cist behind.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. The north east chamber.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. The north east chamber with the south west chamber behind.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. The south west chamber looking west.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Bladup : Graig Fawr. The south west chamber.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Horatio : Showing remains of both burial chambers and showing how close the double chambered tombs are and that potentially they where both covered with a single a mound.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Horatio : One of the two chambered tombs which are less than 3m apart and possibly covered by a single mound. Both tombs had two chambers with several outlying scattered stones including what's possibly a capstone nearby.

Graig Fawr (Dyserth)
Graig Fawr (Dyserth) submitted by TheCaptain : I went up to the fabulous viewpoint at the top of Graig Fawr without knowing the existance of the fallen menhir, and as such never looked for it. I must have walked within about 50 yards of where its shown. This is the view out along the north Wales coast to Snowdonia.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Penbron : The two burial cist chambers of Graig Fawr.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Penbron : Old Standing stone or Gate Post at the abandoned settlement of Rhossili below Graig Fawr Burial chamber ? (1 comment)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Penbron : A well near Graig Fawr which is known locally as Ffynnon Binne.

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by Penbron : Lovely Chambered grave on a beautiful hillside..

Graig Fawr Ring Cairn
Graig Fawr Ring Cairn submitted by Penbron : Cairn at Cefn Drum with splendid views of Norh Gower yonder. (1 comment)

Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr submitted by sem : Site in West Glamorgan Wales Although only a few yards from the footpath the tombs are hidden in the bracken. The view of the north coast of the Gower is superb from here.

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Re: Graig Fawr by Bladup on Monday, 04 January 2016
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This site is really found at SN60840620
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