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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cors y Gedol
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Barmouth  Nearest Village: Llanddweye-is-y-crai
Map Ref: SH60332282  Landranger Map Number: 124
Latitude: 52.784832N  Longitude: 4.072418W
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.
 4 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.
 5 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
 5

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w650marion visited on 15th May 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Sad today. Someone has been adding lots of stones to make a shelter or "house".

elad13 visited on 26th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3

cactus_chris visited on 22nd Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Visited on a very misty day.

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Penbron DrewParsons PAB TimPrevett have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 4

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Postman : Cors y Gedol (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of the 84ft cairn of Cors y Gedol lie on the slopes of Moelfre. Little remains of the burial chamber itself apart from a capstone leaning against the cairn and a single standing stone to the east. A similar stone stands at the northern end with another fallen one further north. The site was sketched by William Stukeley in 1766.

Additional Information submitted by Drew Parsons in September 2010:
Access to this site is 800 metres south of the centre of Dyffryn Ardudwy village. Turn left (east) at the Ffordd Gors gate house and drive uphill for almost 2 kilometres following the road around Cors y Gedol House then zig zagging then turning sharp right at the farm. A car park (£1.00 in September 2010) is 200 metres up the lane on the right just before the gate across the road. From the car park turn right (south) and follow the lane for 275 metres and where it bends away from the wall you find the remains of the site with its large capstone resting at an angle on some uprights with its base on the ground.

There are quite a few piles of stones around the immediate area which must belong to the originally 25 metre long cairn. Its a lovely place to visit and well worth the effort to find. On the way back there are the remains of another site called "Cors-y-Gedol Settlement". When you reach the gated road turn east to reach the site which is 100 metres east and just on the south side of the paddock wall.

References: Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E.Powell et Al (Liverpool 1969).

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Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : I have 34 years of photographs of this site, I suppose it still tales a nice photo at sunset despite the obvious fact that this Scheduled Monument has been turned into a ?play shelter? in the past couple of months. I have contacted CADW as they have an online form for reporting unauthorised alterations to scheduled monuments in their care. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : It looks like the interior has been cleared out to allow room to ?sleep ?play ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : See the recently added stones to this scheduled monument. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : Words fail me, it's a scheduled monument. Lots of new big and little stones (without lichen spots) have been added in the last couple of months in order to turn it into a little house or shelter. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : Someone has left a lovely offering of spring flowers for the equinox. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by cactus_chris : 20180422--Cors y Gedol Cromlech, Wales

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : Looking over the capstone to Moelfre. This pleasing alignment has been commented on by Angie and Peter (pab) previously! And also by the authors of the "Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey:Meirionnydd" (2000) which also says - "Cors y Gedol, is oriented slightly more north of east than the rest and this gives it a striking alignment exactly on the hill of Moelfre" (1 comment)

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by w650marion : The giant oval low enclosure in the field system, probably medieval in date, but overlying prehistoric structures. A hut circle is under the southern end but it’s difficult to photograph.

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by w650marion : When the bracken has died back you can see the group of 3 polygonal huts in the field system that are recorded in Coflein https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/58184/

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Justfrank : Cors Y Gedol Tomb Easy to get there by car.and a short walk from the car park £1 fee.

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Antonine : Visited Summer 2021

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Cors y Gedol submitted by Antonine

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by TAlanJones : View to the south. I particularly like this angle. (1 comment)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by TAlanJones : Interior of the monument.

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by TAlanJones : Distant shot of the monument looking west along Ffordd Ffridd Isa.

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by TAlanJones : Possible enclosure.

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by TAlanJones : Boundary wall raised to 1m.

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north across the eastern boundary walls.

Cors Y Gedol Field System
Cors Y Gedol Field System submitted by TAlanJones : A southernmost field boundary wall.

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Penbron : Inquisitive cattle below Moelfre,time to move i think..

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by w650marion : The autumn equinox sun slips into cloud over the sea, as it sets behind Cors y Gedol chambered tomb. (2 comments)

Cors Y Gedol 2003 dowsing plan
Cors Y Gedol 2003 dowsing plan submitted by AngieLake : Cors Y Gedol - one of my favourite sites - on the hill above Dyffryn Ardudwy, dowsed in 2003. On my first visit, I remember asking in the little shop how to find the Dyffryn Ardudwy site and following the lady's instructions, only to find myself up here (I'd driven up the lane to a car park at the end, not far from here.) Again, I asked the rods to show me the processional route enacted at the t... (3 comments)

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Postman : Cors y Gedol

Cors y Gedol
Cors y Gedol submitted by Postman : Cors y Gedol

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 171m E 95° Cors Y Gedol Field System* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH605228)
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 1.4km W 270° Hut Circles and Field System, Dyffryn Ardudwy* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH58912287)
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Re: Cors y Gedol by w650marion on Monday, 20 May 2024
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This is a Scheduled Monument -

cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?lang=en&id=545

GAT Record -

archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT1083&dbname=gat&tbname=core

Coflein -

coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93724
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Re: Cors y Gedol by DrewParsons on Saturday, 30 October 2010
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Access to this site is 800 metres south of the centre of Dyffryn Ardudwy village. Turn left (east) at the Ffordd Gors gate house and drive uphill for almost 2 kilometres following the road around Cors y Gedol House then zig zagging then turning sharp right at the farm. A car park (£1.00 in September 2010) is 200 metres up the lane on the right just before the gate across the road. From the car park turn right (south) and follow the lane for 275 metres and where it bends away from the wall you find the remains of the site with its large capstone resting at an angle on some uprights with its base on the ground. There are quite a few piles of stones around the immediate area which must belong to the originally 25 metre long cairn. Its a lovely place to visit and well worth the effort to find.
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Re: Cors y Gedol by coldrum on Monday, 11 January 2010
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Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93724/details/CORS-Y-GEDOL%2C+BURIAL+CHAMBER/
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