<< Our Photo Pages >> Garn Cairn (Holyhead) - Ring Cairn in Wales in Anglesey
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Garn Cairn (Holyhead) Alternative Name: Gogarth Bay Circular CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 53.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Holyhead
Map Ref: SH21408276
Latitude: 53.311574N Longitude: 4.682287W
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 make the cairn prominent, would have been a big job as the nature of the site would seriously limit access to only a few workers.
The cairn is circular and measures about 15m in diameter. It has been cunningly built utilising the knoll itself, making it seem larger than it probably is.
This cairn has never been investigated and must have serious archaeological potential.
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