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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Moel Ysgyfarnogod Cairn
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Trawsfynydd Nearest Village: Talsarnau
Map Ref: SH6584534594
Latitude: 52.892009N Longitude: 3.995544W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

2 Accuracy:

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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**Moel Ysgyfarnogod Cairn** submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north across the summit cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn in Gwynedd. At 623m Moel Ysgyfarnogod is at the northern end of the Rhinogau range of mountains. It can be ascended from either Trawsfynydd to the east or Talsarnau to the west. Either rout is extremely challenging.

At 623m Moel Ysgyfarnogod is at the northern end of the Rhinogau range of mountains. It can be ascended from either Trawsfynydd to the east or Talsarnau to the west. Either rout is extremely challenging.

The summit can be identified by a large cairn next to a trig point. There are at least another two cairns identified about the massive, however one in particular appears to be a walker cairn and the other suggests a cist burial but I'm not convinced.

This is a dramatic landscape with mountain lakes and signs of quarrying particularly on the western side. The views from the summit are glorious.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SH6534 : Moel Ysgyfarnogod by Rude Health — by Rude Health
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SH6534 : Summit of Moel Ysgafarnogod by Peter S — by Peter S
©2009(licence)

SH6534 : The summit trig point of Moel Ysgyfarnogod by David Medcalf — by David Medcalf
©2019(licence)

SH6534 : Trig point on Moel Ysgyfarnogod by Arthur C Harris — by Arthur C Harris
©2012(licence)

SH6534 : Summit, Moel Ysgyfarnogod by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2020(licence)

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