<< Our Photo Pages >> Cors Y Carneddau - Stone Circle in Wales in Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cors Y CarneddauCountry: Wales County: Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: SH71847467 Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.253516N Longitude: 3.922465W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Couplands visited on 30th May 2025 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2
TheCaptain visited on 13th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 I head down to the west and back to the lower track in order to find the Cors Y Carneddau circle. At first I found lots of stones all seemingly scattered around at random, with nothing obvious representing a circle. Some stones are standing proud of the ground over by the wall. But nothing that shouts circle to me. Having a more detailed search of the area, I was at one point heading back to the east, and then an arc of stones came into view. Was this it? Looking closer and several more stones were found under the surface, and for sure this is the remains of a circle, perhaps 10 stones remaining in the circumference, with a diameter of 15 metres or so. The giveaway to being in the right place is a steel bar sticking out of the ground, probably once a fence post, nearby to the two most obvious stones.
Marko visited on 23rd Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 2
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.25 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 2.25
It is this same wall that helps to locate the circle in relation to an otherwise open mountainside and moor. Some may see it not as a circle, but as a rather fortuitous arrangement of boulders, but the guidebooks remain open minded.
Cors Y Carneddau means "the bog of the cairns".
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