<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Owen - Cairn in Wales in Ceredigion
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn OwenCountry: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ponterwyd
Map Ref: SN732882
Latitude: 52.476953N Longitude: 3.8684W
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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The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), located on the highest point of Cerrig yr Hafan. It measures c.10m in diameter and up to 1.5m high, but has been extensively disturbed. The interior has been hollowed and shelters have been built at its western edge and to its immediate north. Cairn material has also spilt down the steep slope to its south-east. A small satellite cairn or cairns have been noted to the north-east.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
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