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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mynydd Mawr CairnCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Nantlle
Map Ref: SH53965469
Latitude: 53.069427N Longitude: 4.181148W
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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The cairn on its summit no longer has the scale it must previously enjoyed, but it is still magnificent.
COFLEIN (NPRN 302554) describes the site as a Bronze Age Cairn, in the following terms:
"A large sub-circular summit cairn that measures 22m in diameter by up to 2.5m high. It is constructed of small-medium angular scree stones piled together. There has been later delviing to form three drystone shelters which are built into it. Each of the shelters measure up to 3m in diameter by 1m high."
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