<< Our Photo Pages >> Gyrn Ddu - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gyrn DduCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Pwllheli Nearest Village: Llanhaelhaearn
Map Ref: SH40584667
Latitude: 52.993569N Longitude: 4.376703W
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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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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