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<< Text Pages >> Bishopston Burch - Cairn in Wales in West Glamorgan

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bishopston Burch
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.506 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Swansea  Nearest Village: Bishopston
Map Ref: SS571909  Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.598764N  Longitude: 4.064599W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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
3

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SS5790 : Gorse scrub on Fairwood Common by Simon Mortimer
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SS5790 : Track towards Swyn-y-Coed by Clint Mann
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SS5790 : A4118 approaches the threshold of Runway 28 at Swansea Airport by Stuart Logan
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SS5791 : Eastern end of runway 10/28, Swansea Airport by Simon Mortimer
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SS5791 : Runway markers, Swansea Airport by Simon Mortimer
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