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Inscribed Across the Landscape: The Cursus Monuments of Great Britain

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Y Garn (Gwynedd) - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by Postman on Sunday, 30 September 2012  Page Views: 3295

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Beddgelert
Map Ref: SH55135262
Latitude: 53.051151N  Longitude: 4.162767W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
4

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Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : A pair of bronze age cairns adorn the wide summit of Y Garn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Gwynedd

Two big bronze age cairns adorn the wide summit of Y Garn, sublime views all round Snowdon is big and obvious as is the much closer Nantle ridge. A vertigenous climb required to get up to the cairns but it's well worth it.
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Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Snowdon lives up to it's name, Y Garn is right below it, the two cairns left end of ridge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Two big cairns left of the wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : A wild mountain top in Snowdonia (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Two big cairns occupy the left end of the big rock smile. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : A view west to the sea and Dinas Dinlle coastal hill fort,-ish

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Moel Hebog on the far left, and the rocky Mynydd drws y coed on the right, oh, and a big cairn.

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Looking over the larger of the two cairns to Mynydd Drws y coed, at the top of which I had a crippling fear of standing up.

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : One of the best mountain top cairns in Snowdonia

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : A very decent cairn and some scary high rocky places.

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Bronze age cairn with the Nantle ridge beyond

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : One of the two bronze age cairns on Y Garn in Snowdonia

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : From just below the Nantle ridge

Y Garn (Gwynedd)
Y Garn (Gwynedd) submitted by Postman : Pair of cairns on Y Garn

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 5.7km WNW 285° Mynydd Y Cilgwyn Cairn* Cairn (SH497543)
 5.9km SSE 166° Moel Hebog* Barrow Cemetery (SH564469)
 6.2km SE 138° Bedd Gelert* Marker Stone (SH591479)
 6.4km ESE 120° Dinas Emrys* Hillfort (SH606492)
 6.5km WNW 287° Cae Forgan Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH490547)
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 6.7km S 184° Hafod Garregog Cairn 2* Cairn (SH5451645979)
 6.7km S 184° Hafod Garregog Cairn Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SH5450745953)
 6.7km WNW 285° Cae Forgan Cairn* Cairn (SH487546)
 6.7km S 184° Hafod Garregog Cairn 3* Cairn (SH5445545902)
 6.8km SW 229° Mynydd Graig Goch Round Cairn* Round Cairn (SH499483)
 6.8km WNW 283° Pen Llwyn Farm Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH485544)
 6.9km S 182° Ceunant y Ddol Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH5466845764)
 7.0km S 176° Hut Circle West of Moel Hebog* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH5536845645)
 7.1km S 175° Cairn North of Braich y Gornel Cairn (SH5550345518)
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 7.2km SSE 165° Ffridd Uchaf Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH5677945640)
 7.2km S 179° Hut Circle SW of Moel Hebog* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH5506545427)
 7.2km S 177° Cist SW of Moel Hebog* Cist (SH5532445429)
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