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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Craig-y-Dinas W Alternative Name: Tumulus Cemetery, Llanddwywe-is-y-graig
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Dyffryn Ardudwy
Map Ref: SH61852315
Latitude: 52.788188N  Longitude: 4.050035W
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.
 3 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
 5

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Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by rthomas : Craig-y-Dinas W (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Gwynedd

This cairn is part of a larger cairnfield almost at the foot of Craig-y-Dinas.
Access is via the track leading east from Cors y Gedol.

More details at Coflein (here and here)
and Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
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Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by rthomas : Craig-y-Dinas W (Vote or comment on this photo)

Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by w650marion : One of the many smaller cairns in this cairn field. So many of them! (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by w650marion : We walked down from the higher slopes of Moelfre to this very large cairn (5 foot human included to demonstrate cairn size). Long ago, it must have been taller, but as with many cairns, it has been altered since the bronze age. It is the largest and most distinctive cain in the Llanddwywe-is-y-graig Tumulus Cemetery The large cairns topping Moelfre and Mynydd Egryn are visible from here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by w650marion : The cairn, tiny in the centre of the photo as viewed from the top of Craig y Dinas hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by w650marion : Cairn photographed from the top of Craig y Dinas Hillfort (on zoom). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by rthomas : View across the top of the cairn.

Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by rthomas : Looking down at the top of the cairn

Craig-y-Dinas W
Craig-y-Dinas W submitted by rthomas : Large cairn with Moelfre in the background.

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 490m NNW 338° Cors Uchaf E Hut Group* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH61682361)
 597m ESE 103° Craig-y-Dinas (Dyffryn Ardudwy)* Hillfort (SH62432300)
 606m W 259° Cors-Y-Gedol E* Cairn (SH61252305)
 636m WNW 282° Cors Uchaf S* Cairn (SH61232330)
 774m ESE 103° Hut Circle Settlement East of Craig Y Dinas* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH62602295)
 774m N 10° Hut Group and Enclosures on SW Slope of Moelfre* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH62002391)
 818m WSW 253° Hut Circle, N of Afon Ysgethin* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH61062293)
 826m ENE 63° Cairns North of Craig Y Dinas* Cairn (SH626235)
 964m SSW 212° Ponfadog Bridge* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SH61312235)
 976m SSE 156° Tumulus, Llyn Irddyn* Round Barrow(s) (SH62232225)
 1.0km ENE 59° Pont Scethin A* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH62732364)
 1.1km SE 143° Llyn Irddyn W* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH62462229)
 1.1km ENE 59° Pont Scethin B* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH62792367)
 1.1km WSW 245° Pont Fadog N Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60842272)
 1.2km S 178° Llyn Irddyn Hut Circle* Cairn (SH61862198)
 1.3km NE 54° Pont Scethin Double Cairn* Cairn (SH62902386)
 1.3km NW 310° Waun Hir* Ring Cairn (SH609240)
 1.3km SSW 208° Cairns SE from Pont Fadog* Cairn (SH612220)
 1.4km WSW 254° Cors Y Gedol Field System* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH605228)
 1.5km W 264° Cors-y-Gedol Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60382304)
 1.5km NW 312° Romano British Homestead with Enclosure, Dyffryn Ardudwy* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60762420)
 1.5km WSW 249° Pont Fadog W Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH60392265)
 1.6km WSW 256° Cors y Gedol* Chambered Tomb (SH60332282)
 1.6km SSW 206° Llecheiddior* Stone Circle (SH61112174)
 1.6km NNE 26° Moelfre (Gwynedd)* Round Cairn (SH62612458)
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Re: Craig-y-Dinas W by w650marion on Wednesday, 06 July 2022
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Between the track and the big cairn are many clearly visible cairns, you can’t miss them! Latest thinking is that “Extensive cairnfield c.169mx173m (mapped) which can be traced for some 530m N/S. Likely Prehist. origins mixed with U med clearance.”(Coflein)

GAT says “About 60 cairns are contained within an area 200m x 500m. All are turf-grown stone piles. Approximately one third of them having been disturbed, though none appear to be robbed of cairn material. Sizes vary between 2.7m and 14m but most fall within the 4m to 8m range”


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