<< Our Photo Pages >> Pont Scethin Double Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Gwynedd
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pont Scethin Double CairnCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Barmouth
Map Ref: SH62902386
Latitude: 52.794834N Longitude: 4.034774W
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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w650marion visited on 5th Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Coflein led me to believe that there were four mounds from a bronze age cemetery nearby on this side of the road. I don’t believe it! I think the aerial mapping project just saw a trick of the light, and invented them!
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A cairn west from Pont Scethin, which Coflein records as a 'double cairn'.
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