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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cwm Ystradllyn Stone AlignmentCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Porthmadog Nearest Village: Dolbenmaen
Map Ref: SH5649745545
Latitude: 52.987966N Longitude: 4.139241W
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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Situated on high marshland to the north of Llyn Ystradllyn lie a row of boulders aligned NW to SE.
The site is located on drier, slightly higher ground to the marsh around it. Coflein has recorded the site as NPRN 287846 and they consider it to be prehistoric. The site is said to consist of five stones being approximately 20m long including the gaps. Coflein also suspect that two stones may be missing. During my visit I found an alignment of four boulders approximately 20m long and following the orientation provided by Coflein. I also noted a 5th boulder about 60m further down to the SE.
The site lies close to a cairn cemetery, also recorded by Coflein and I noted a possible large cairn with a cracked capstone suggesting the possibility of this being a more complex site.
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