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<< Text Pages >> Llandegai Cursus - Cursus in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 3610

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llandegai Cursus
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.141 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Carmarthenshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Bangor  Nearest Village: Llandegai
Map Ref: SH597710  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.217477N  Longitude: 4.102688W
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
5 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
4

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Cruciform Long Enclosure in Caernarfonshire

Status: Certain
NMR No. PRN 222
Extent: 900mx14m
Terminal type: Round

Note: This location marks one terminal (end) of a cursus monument. The location of the other terminal can be found in the Nearby Site list below.
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Llandegai Cursus
Llandegai Cursus submitted by AngieLake : Llandegai Church (St. Tegai's Church) which [according to Coflein] is supposed to be on an alignment with the Cursus of the Llandegai complex. (See first photo caption for more info and links.) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llandegai Cursus
Llandegai Cursus submitted by AngieLake : The Llandegai Cursus would have crossed this view, which is towards south. Snowdon would have been to approx SSE, but aligment of Cursus was towards the village church, which is more easterly. (See first photo for more info. and links to plans.) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llandegai Cursus
Llandegai Cursus submitted by AngieLake : Site of part of Llandegai Cursus, looking towards SW and approx towards Bethesda and mountains in distance. This is now a cricket pitch and the cursus would have run across here. See first photo for more details. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Llandegai Cursus
Llandegai Cursus submitted by AngieLake : Looking over the cricket field at Llandegai where cropmarks of a cursus were seen during aerial survey in 1959. This view looking more towards East. See:http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/a-sense-of-place/snowdonia-from-the-air/patterns-of-prehistory/early-burial-and-ritual Also, Coflein says that the Cursus is apparently aligned on Llandegai Church, (which is approximately East if you look at the... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SH5970 : Llandygai roundabout by John Firth
by John Firth
©2013(licence)
SH5970 : Roundabout on the A5 by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2015(licence)
SH5970 : Penrhyn Castle Grand Lodge by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2023(licence)
SH5970 : The Grand Lodge Gate of Penrhyn Castle, Llandygai by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2008(licence)
SH5970 : Entrance to Penrhyn Castle by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2015(licence)

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 299m W 268° Llandegai Cursus* Cursus (SH594710)
 299m W 268° Llandegai Henge Complex* Henge (SH59407100)
 299m E 88° Llandegai Bronze Age Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH600710)
 2.2km SSE 162° Pen Dinas Camp* Hillfort (SH603689)
 2.6km NW 312° Gorsedd Stones, Bangor* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH5785272766)
 2.6km SE 129° Rhiw Goch Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH61696931)
 3.8km SE 141° Maes Bleddyn Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH6200768009)
 4.1km SSE 166° Sling (Llandegai)* Chambered Tomb (SH60556695)
 4.2km W 276° Menai Bridge Gorsedd Circle* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH55517153)
 4.3km WSW 253° Goetre Uchaf Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SH5556069900)
 4.4km NW 310° Pen-Y-Maen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH564739)
 4.4km SE 133° Fortified hut settlement above Rachub* Hillfort (SH62826790)
 4.6km SE 130° Cairn cemetery, W. shoulder of Moel Faban* Cairn (SH63156789)
 4.7km SE 126° Moel Faban* Cairn (SH63486811)
 4.8km ESE 122° Bwlch ym Mhwll-le* Cairn (SH63746835)
 4.9km SE 139° Pen y Gaer* Hillfort (SH62826725)
 4.9km SE 139° Pen Y Gaer (Bethesda)* Hillfort (SH62826725)
 4.9km ESE 115° Hut Circle at Twll Pant Hiriol* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH641688)
 4.9km S 185° Carnedd Moel Y Ci* Round Cairn (SH591661)
 5.0km S 189° Ty'n Llidiard Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH5873066090)
 5.0km SE 128° Moel Faban Arrow Stone* Carving (SH63576780)
 5.2km N 9° Anglesey Eisteddfod Circle* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH607761)
 5.2km WNW 303° Ty-Gwyn* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH5536273949)
 5.4km ESE 102° Moel Wnion (Gwynedd)* Cairn (SH64966971)
 5.5km E 91° Cairn N of Moel Wnion* Cairn (SH65197071)
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