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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bedd BranwenCountry: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Holyhead Nearest Village: Elim
Map Ref: SH3611184978 Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.336252N Longitude: 4.462853W
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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The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for Bedd Branwen, Glanalaw, Treffynon, Anglesey, which includes a photograph, directions for finding this site, a description of the ring cairn, and background information about the legendary princess Branwen (Bronwen) about whom the cairn is named (although the Journal adds the cairn pre-dates the princess by a few thousand years). The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for more information.
This Bronze Age funerary mound is recorded as Coflein NPRN 302327, and extract from which reads: "This is a near circular rather dished mound about 30m across and 1.0m high. It was excavated in 1967, revealing a complex sequence of construction. At the centre of the monument is a rather dumpy erect boulder or standing stone 1.2m high, set in a 0.6m deep stone hole. This is set at the centre of a carefully constructed cairn ring, 2.0m wide with an internal diameter of 7.5-8.5m. Eight Bronze Age urns were recovered, with fragments of three others, in addition to that recovered in 1813".
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