<< Our Photo Pages >> Penmaen Burrows - Chambered Tomb in Wales in West Glamorgan
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Penmaen Burrows Alternative Name: Pen-y-CrugCountry: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Swansea Nearest Village: Penmaen
Map Ref: SS53168812 Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.572771N Longitude: 4.12028W
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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It is quite ruined, and not mentioned in the otherwise comprehensive 'The Ancient Stones of Wales' by Chris Barber and John Williams. However, it is marked clearly on O.S. map 159, but I found it surprisingly tricky to find when I visited.
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