<< Our Photo Pages >> Carneddau Hengwm - Chambered Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 24 September 2002  Page Views: 13713

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carneddau Hengwm Alternative Name: Carnedd Hengwm North, Carnedd
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Chambered Cairn
 Nearest Village: Llanaber
Map Ref: SH61322055  Landranger Map Number: 124
Latitude: 52.764694N  Longitude: 4.056787W
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.
 3 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2

TimPrevett have visited here

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by JohnnyP : Northern Cairn Described on Coflein as denuded long cairn, 52m E-W by 17m, within which are set an uncertain number of chambered features, some of which appear to have retained their capstones. This is looking to SW. North Cairn just visible left hand edge. (Vote or comment on this photo)
In the hills above the Merioneth Coast two long cairns stand to the north and south, both of which have been badly damaged. The northern cairn which is more ruinous is the smaller and has 2 burial chambers and a large capstone at the western end.

The southern cairn is much larger and better preserved. In the centre is a collapsed Portal Dolmen with a dry-stone wall passage leading in from the north. The Dolmen was described by an antiquarian called Pennant before it collapsed:

“a great cromlech altar composed of two sloping stones placed over the edge of the other upon five flat upright stones seven feet high in one part and four feet, ten inches in the lowest.”

To the south lie the closing slab and two capstones under which is another stone presumed to be the back stone of the chamber.

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

Coflein entries:
Carneddau Hengwm South Cairn
Carneddau Hengwm North Cairn
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking west into Cardigan Bay along the length of the southern tomb - a ruined portal dolmen at the east end, with a likely Cotswold-Severn incorporated into the more western end. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carneddau Hengwm stone
Carneddau Hengwm stone submitted by dafyddl : This stone is lying on the ground by the 2 upright ones of Carneddau Egryn. I was wondering what made that distinctive mark. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by howe : The entrance to the central chamber of the south cairn 1972. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : A peep through the Megalithic Portal into Cardigan Bay. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : The collapsed eastern end, standing among the ruins of the Megalithic Portal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by Bladup : Carneddau Hengwm, The Southern Cairn.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by durhamnature

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by durhamnature

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by Postman : From up on Pen-y-Dinas

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking NE across the northern cairn.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : If you're familiar with the horned forecourts of the Cotwold Severn group of tombs, here's another albeit somewhat disturbed. This characteristic dates the tomb to later than its southern neighbour which started out as a portal dolmen, later enlarged. This view looks to the NW.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the southern tomb across the northern cairn.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking N to the smaller northern cairn, Moelfre to rear.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking across the southern tomb to a capstone on the N.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Both tombs viewed from the SW. Notice also stones of reasonable size in the vicinity.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking out of the later chamber of the southern cairn, to the north and the dominating domed headland of Moelfre.

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Inside the later chamber of the southern tomb. In the 1700s, this was a shepherd's hut, allegedly with a hearth even incorporated into it!

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : Looking west into Cardigan Bay along the central length of the southern tomb - a ruined portal dolmen at the east end, with a likely Cotswold-Severn incorporated into the more western end. (2 comments)

Carneddau Hengwm
Carneddau Hengwm submitted by TimPrevett : The two neolithic tombs as seen from the north near the Fridd Newydd circle(s).

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 362m SE 128° Hengwm Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SH61602032)
 397m SE 127° Mynydd Egryn Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH61632030)
 710m WNW 298° Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)* Hillfort (SH607209)
 805m NNE 22° Ffridd Newydd* Stone Circle (SH61642129)
 1.1km W 281° Cae'r Llwyn Homestead* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH602208)
 1.2km NNW 348° Llecheiddior* Stone Circle (SH61112174)
 1.2km W 261° Settlement West of Mynydd Egryn* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH601204)
 1.5km N 354° Cairns SE from Pont Fadog* Cairn (SH612220)
 1.5km SE 135° Mynydd Egryn Cairn* Cairn (SH62331949)
 1.5km ESE 109° Bwlch y Rhiwgyr* Ring Cairn (SH62712004)
 1.5km WSW 251° Egryn Abbey Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH599201)
 1.5km W 274° Hendre Eirian Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH598207)
 1.5km NNE 19° Llyn Irddyn Hut Circle* Cairn (SH61862198)
 1.8km N 358° Ponfadog Bridge* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SH61312235)
 1.9km NNE 26° Tumulus, Llyn Irddyn* Round Barrow(s) (SH62232225)
 2.1km NNE 32° Llyn Irddyn W* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH62462229)
 2.2km NNW 346° Pont Fadog N Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60842272)
 2.3km S 189° Settlement North of Hendre Coed Uchaf* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH609183)
 2.3km NNW 335° Pont Fadog W Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60392265)
 2.3km W 272° Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement North of Tyddyn Mawr* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH590207)
 2.4km S 188° Cairn North of Hendre Coed Uchaf* Cairn (SH609182)
 2.4km NNW 338° Cors Y Gedol Field System* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH605228)
 2.4km N 352° Hut Circle, N of Afon Ysgethin* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH61062293)
 2.5km SE 130° Cerrig Arthur* Stone Circle (SH63161889)
 2.5km NNW 335° Cors y Gedol* Chambered Tomb (SH60332282)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Caer y Twr

Castel Cawr >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Great Crowns of Stone: The Recumbent Stone Circles of Scotland

Great Crowns of Stone: The Recumbent Stone Circles of Scotland

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Carneddau Hengwm" | Login/Create an Account | 5 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Carneddau Hengwm by sem on Friday, 02 June 2017
(User Info | Send a Message)
OS grid refs (Coflein) for both North cairn SH61322055 South cairn SH61322052
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Visiting Carneddau Hengwm by coldrum on Friday, 17 July 2009
(User Info | Send a Message)
Coflein record:

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302786/details/CARNEDDAU+HENGWM%2C+SOUTH+CAIRN/

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/401800/details/CARNEDDAU+HENGWM%2C+NORTH+CAIRN/
[ Reply to This ]

Visiting Carneddau Hengwm by TimPrevett on Friday, 21 September 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
This really is a great place to visit, but preparation and the right gear are needed, as well as sympathetic weather and a 1:25000 map. We parked near the Cors y Gedol dolmen, and did an 8 hour circuit up to the pass, along the ridge, and looping around the southern slopes of Moelfre. A demanding walk, but really worth it. There were several more sites we could have taken in, but we did loads as it was; daylight and tiredness dictated we finished where we did. Much more to see on another visit!
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Carneddau Hengwm - Southern Tomb on YouTube by TimPrevett on Thursday, 20 September 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Carneddau Hengwm - Northern Tomb on YouTube by TimPrevett on Thursday, 20 September 2007
(User Info | Send a Message)
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.