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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn N of Moel WnionCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bethesda
Map Ref: SH65197071
Latitude: 53.216294N Longitude: 4.0204W
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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Cairn in Gwynedd
There are two cairns just below the summit of Moel Wnion, Cras is one and this one is the other, Coflein have named it "Cairn north of Moel Wnion". When Coflein was at school I bet it's teacher was always saying you must try harder. But they got the discription bang on. It has been badly mutilated by farmers past, who made it into sheep shelters, it is therefore a testament to its bronze age builders, because theres at least four sheep pens in the cairn. But they couldn't hide the fact that this is a large and very old pile of stones. I wonder if Like at Cras there could be another cist/chamber in the middle under all that stone?
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