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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pentre GalarCountry: Wales
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County: Pembrokeshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Pentre Galar
Map Ref: SN172307 Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.944684N Longitude: 4.661044W
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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A cairn once stood under what is now the foundations for a TV mast, a prominent landmark for miles around. According to records the cairn had been destroyed to build the nearby road long before the mast was erected.
The cairn possibly had a cist within it in which an axe hammer was found in 1927.
References
N.P.Figgis "Prehistoric Preseli" (2001)
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