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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crugiau Merched, Cairn 1Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llandovery Nearest Village: Cilycwm
Map Ref: SN72214553
Latitude: 52.093314N Longitude: 3.866777W
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 more westerly of the two cairns known collectively as the Ladies' Cairns (Crugiau Merched) has suffered rather for being in the sight-line between OS Trig Points!
RCAHM (Ref NPRN304523) describes the cairn as being 19m in diameter and 1.8m high - with "an observation channel cut through to facilitate use of the nearby triangulation pillar."
In fact, this has not really diminished the splendour of this cairn, which is visible from across the Mynydd Mallaen itself and also from the surrounding hills. Together with its sister cairn and nearby Standing Stones, this makes the location very special.
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63m ENE 70° Crugiau Merched* Cairn (SN72274555)
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2.2km SSW 203° Rhiw Garegog Standing Stone II* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN71264349)
2.3km SSW 206° Rhiw Garegog Ditch* Misc. Earthwork (SN71184352)
2.3km SSW 204° Rhiw Garegog Round barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SN71214346)
2.4km SSW 196° Rhiw Garegog Scoop Grave 2 Misc. Earthwork (SN71474323)
2.5km N 6° Esgair Nant-y-Maen cairn* Ring Cairn (SN72544798)
2.5km SSW 197° Rhiw Garegog Scoop Grave 1 Misc. Earthwork (SN71414314)
3.6km NW 319° Crug Siarls* Stone Circle (SN69954830)
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3.7km ENE 61° Cefn Gwenffrwd Maenhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN75514725)
3.8km SW 224° Maes-yr-haidd Round Barrow II* Cairn (SN6954242882)
3.9km ENE 66° Randirmwyn Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN758470)
4.1km NNE 20° Cefn Gwernffrwd Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SN7370049328)
4.1km NNE 20° Cefn Gwernffrwd stone circle* Stone Circle (SN7370049328)
4.8km E 85° Gelli Burial Chamber* Chambered Cairn (SN7703845843)
5.4km NE 39° Cefn Cnwcheithinog* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN757496)
5.4km E 84° Ty Newydd Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN776460)
6.0km ESE 112° Dinas Bach (Cilycwm)* Hillfort (SN77704310)
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