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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ty Mawr TombCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.143 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Bangor
Map Ref: SH5388672144 Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.226185N Longitude: 4.190218W
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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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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cactus_chris visited on 19th Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 In a gated farmers field.
trnspntn visited on 14th Feb 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5
Located on the slopes above the Menai Straits, the passage grave of Ty Mawr is now a shadow of its former self with only a fallen capstone, two uprights and a small low entrance stone remaining. There is no evidence of a covering mound.
References
Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E.Powell et Al (Liverpool 1969).
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