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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mynydd Moel CairnCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Dolgellau
Map Ref: SH728136
Latitude: 52.705078N Longitude: 3.884054W
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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Situated on Mynydd Moel, the eastern summit of the Cader Idris range there is a large rectangular walkers shelter and an associated conical pile of stones. The site spans the space available (some 20m diameter) at the summit, which is bare but for the mass of rocks.
The Gwynedd Archaeology Trust records the following: 'A cairn stands on Mynydd Moel, 10m to the SE of the highest point at 855m on the edge of steep crags. It comprises a low spread of stone, 15m diameter, heavily rebuilt to give a rectangular shelter, but with an arc of kerb on the SW and a stretch of 1m high facing formed by large stones set as headers filling a shallow gully to the NE.'
The site has extensive views including the Mawddach Estuary and the mountains of north and mid Wales.
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