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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bedd-y-breninCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Fairbourne
Map Ref: SH6343811484
Latitude: 52.683785N Longitude: 4.021646W
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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PAB visited on 4th May 2008 We went looking for this cairn from the north, after visiting the Bryn Seward stone alignment. This was definitely a mistake in terms of making headway, but we did come across the most fantastic erratic while stumbling through the forrest, and also saw the circle of stones which were clearly something significant.
From later research, these seem to be the hut circles listed by RCAHMW database.
The ‘path’ shown on OS maps through the forest cannot be relied upon, and the firebreak track through the conifers becomes a virtual river whenever it rains.
The cairn is actually very easily reached from the upper lane.
I first became aware of this cairn from some really helpful jottings I came across on the net a couple of years ago – I hope their journey comments and well-described routes inspire others too:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/lakes.htm
COFLEIN describes the site as follows:
“The mutilated ruins of a cairn stand upon a saddle between two mountains at the
head of Cwm-llwyd. It is near circular, some 18-19.5m across and survives up to
1.2m high. It is crossed by a comparatively recent sheep shelter wall. The cairn
was dug into in 1851, when a cist or slab chamber, 0.9m by 0.7m and 0.5m deep
was uncovered. This contained fragments of human bone and had been covered by a 2.0m by 0.9m capstone. In 1851 'sheperd-huts' were observed around the base of
the cairn. The cairn was already robbed. The shelter wall is built over the
displaced capstone and so must post-date the excavation.”
COFLEIN entry
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