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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn MenynCountry: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Mynachlog-Ddu
Map Ref: SN140326 Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.960686N Longitude: 4.708575W
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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Round Cairn in Pembrokeshire
I visited this cairn Dec 2004 in order to consider it for scheduling. It is a wee cracker - in my opinion very likely to be a chambered tomb. The capstone is enormous - and there are the traces of a possible forecourt on the SW side. My field notes record that "The stone-built cairn is ovoid on plan, with a flattened rear on the NE end and a rubble-filled forecourt visible on the SW. The cairn measures about 13m from NE to SW by about 12m transversely and stands up to 1.5m in height on its SW side. The cairn has subsided into a water channel, its central chamber and NW side having collapsed towards the NW. A large capstone rests above the collapsed chamber; this measures 2.7m in length by 2.3m transversely and up to 0.6m in thickness. Two possible splayed stretches of faced walling are visible forming a rubble-filled forecourt."
If Neolithic, this is an exciting site, complete (albeit very ruinous) and with great archaeological potential. Compare with trashed tomb nearby at SN 165 328!
Matt Ritchie Cadw
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