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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gyrn Ddu - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by Postman on Wednesday, 26 August 2015  Page Views: 2723

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gyrn Ddu
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Pwllheli  Nearest Village: Llanhaelhaearn
Map Ref: SH40584667
Latitude: 52.993569N  Longitude: 4.376703W
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.
no data 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.
2 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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Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : The big cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairns in Gwynedd

There are two cairns up here. They are not right at the summit of Gyrn Ddu but on a a lower grassy plateau. There is also another cairn half a mile slightly south of west, but I didn't go over to it.
The two I did see are large and impressive, despite the two walls crossing over and abutting each other. They are clearly built out of the cairns, as a canyon of sorts follows the wall over the cairns.
The view alone is worth the climb up here.
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Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Lost in the magnificence of Caernarvonshire. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Stood on the wall looking north over half of the smaller cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : March 21st zoomed at from Yr Eifl. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Pen y Gaer and Moel y Gest hill forts to the right of the big cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : speechless

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Half of the big cairn.

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Part two of three

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Looking over most of the smaller cairn to Pen y Gaer and further away Moel y Gest.

Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Most of the smaller cairn

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Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : The large cairn at the rear showing stolen stone area, and the nearer smaller cairn, there's much more to it on the other side of the wall.

Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : Zoomed at from the west

Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu submitted by Postman : The pair of cairns surmount the right hand peak. (2 comments)

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 2.3km NNE 15° Pen Yr Allt Uchaf Hut Group Ancient Village or Settlement (SH4125048911)
 2.6km ESE 115° Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanaelhaearn)* Hillfort (SH42884550)
 2.6km SW 223° Eglwys St. Aelhaearn Church Llanaelhaearn* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SH387448)
 2.7km NNE 11° Beuno's Well (Clynnog Fawr)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH412493)
 2.8km N 2° Bachwen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SH40774948)
 3.0km SW 224° St Aelhaearn's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH3842944623)
 3.1km NNE 13° Church of Saint Beuno (Clynnog Fawr)* Carving (SH414497)
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 4.2km S 182° The Glasfryn Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH4031942450)
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 5.8km ENE 59° Graianog Long Mound* Misc. Earthwork (SH45634951)
 5.9km WSW 242° Nant Gwrtheyrn sculptured stones* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH353441)
 6.0km WSW 244° Mount Pleasant Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH35114426)
 6.0km SSE 156° St Cybi's Church* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SH42854115)
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