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<< Our Photo Pages >> y Garn Llwyd - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 03 September 2015  Page Views: 12414

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: y Garn Llwyd Alternative Name: Gaer Llwyd
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Caerleon  Nearest Village: Gaer-llwyd
Map Ref: ST44769674  Landranger Map Number: 171
Latitude: 51.666708N  Longitude: 2.800117W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Geojazz visited on 2nd May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 1 The hedge has been allowed to grow completely around the stones so that only the very tip of the tallest is now showing. See photograph. Impossible to see from the main road but walked a little way up the minor road where there is a gap in the hedge for a new build property and was able to zoom in with the camera.

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y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by Postman : Burial chamber, ponies and directions to Chepstow, we aim to please. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Gaer Llwyd Burial Chamber lies just behind a thick hedge near a crossroads on the fairly busy road between Chepstow and Usk, Monmouthshire. This damaged tomb with collapsed capstone may be the remains of a portal dolmen.

There are also a few other large slabs of stone lying within the same field in the vicinity of the dolmen.

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Y Garn Llwyd
Y Garn Llwyd submitted by Hamish : ST447968 Nr Caerleon Looking west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by TheCaptain : Y Gaer Llwyd Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST447968 view of the chamber over the hedge from the south (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn Llwyd
Y Garn Llwyd submitted by Hamish : ST447968 Nr Caerleon Looking north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn Llwyd
Y Garn Llwyd submitted by TheCaptain : Y Gaer Llwyd Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST447968 view of the chamber over the hedge from the northwest (Vote or comment on this photo)

y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by TheCaptain : Y Gaer Llwyd Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST447968 telephoto view of the chamber from the southeast

y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by Geojazz : The hedge has been allowed to grow completely around the stones so only the tip of the tallest is showing.

y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by Postman : Falling, falling, no, I'm ok.

y Garn Llwyd
y Garn Llwyd submitted by Bladup : Y Garn Llwyd in midwinter snow.

Y Garn Llwyd
Y Garn Llwyd submitted by Hamish : ST447968 Nr Caerleon Looking south.

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Re: y Garn Llwyd by coldrum on Saturday, 26 December 2020
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Coflein site entry:

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93391/details/gaerllwyd-burial-chamber
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Re: y Garn Llwyd by rogerkread on Wednesday, 28 June 2017
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Currently (June 2017) very difficult to view. The roadside hedge is enormous now and very thick so the stones are not visible at all from there. You can see them in the distance from the road junction end, but you can't enter the field without crossing several barbed wire fences. Nobody about when I was there (early morning) to ask re access, but it does seem a pity the locals are so shy about their cromlech.
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Re: y Garn Llwyd by sem on Wednesday, 31 May 2017
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OS grid ref (Archwilio)ST44769674 [checked against SID. correct]
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Re: y Garn Llwyd by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 06 April 2010
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or here, street view

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Re: y Garn Llwyd by coldrum on Monday, 29 March 2010
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Re: y Garn Llwyd by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 31 March 2004
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Gaer Llwyd Burial Chamber lies just behind a thick hedge near a crossroads on the fairly busy road between Chepstow and Usk. In the past it has been very difficult to see properly, but when I visited yesterday, the hedge had been recently cut back, giving a reasonable, but obscured view, although still very difficult to photograph well. It may be possible to ask permission to go into the field in which it resides, but there was nobody to ask when I was there, so I kept out. There were also a few other large slabs of stone lying within the same field in the vicinity of the dolmen.
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