<< Our Photo Pages >> Bron Y Foel Recumbent Stone - Portal Tomb in Wales in Gwynedd
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bron Y Foel Recumbent StoneCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Harlech
Map Ref: SH611250
Latitude: 52.804615N Longitude: 4.061935W
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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To get to the site involves leaving the track travelling SW, a short trek across fields. Site very visible on brow of hill.
Site is marked on Coflein map but no information
Listed as burial chamber by PPS 2 1936 pg 139 [WF Grimes] but considered doubtful in Prehistoric Chamber Tombs Of Eng & Wales 1950 pg 197 [GE Daniel]
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