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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hafodygors Wen
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.919 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Llanwrst
Map Ref: SH73366742
Latitude: 53.188748N  Longitude: 3.896814W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Hafodygors Wen
Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : Summer solstice sunrise 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Whilst primarily described as a ring cairn, Coflein also make much of the four stones forming a square set into the cairns circumference, postulating a connection with the four posters of Northumberland and Scotland.

After three seperate visits and many hours spent on site, plus personally removing two gorse bushes that all but hid two of the four stones, I can but whole heartedly argue its northern ancestry. This is a four poster stone circle, though the stones are set into a cairn.

Note: Summer Solstice sunrise at Hafodygors Wen in Conwy
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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : Sunrise at the autumn equinox (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : January 2012, after removal of first smaller gorse bush. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : It's been a few years since I removed several gorse bushes from in and on the stones, and i'm very heartened to say the place is looking as good as it ever has. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : June 20, 2012, after removal of larger gorse bush. It may look a bit unkempt at the moment but this time next year I'm sure it will look fabulous and utterly free of gorse intrusion. Sorry if anyone disagrees with my clandestine gardening, but no stones were harmed in the making of these pictures, not one piece of cairn material was even touched let alone moved. Come see the only four poster sto... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : Summer 2010, before any gorse bush removal

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Postman : Summer solstice sunrise 2017

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by postman : The wilds of outer Snowdonia have many wonders.

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by postman : Clouds come pouring over the Carneddau, Sept 2014.

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Hafodygors Wen submitted by Bladup : Hafodygors Wen at night.

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Re: Hafodygors Wen by Postman on Sunday, 26 November 2017
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Hopefully this will take one to the Coflein site page for this place.
http://map.coflein.gov.uk/index.php?action=do_details&cache_name=ZXh0ZW50dHlwZSxCT1hfbWlueCwyNzMyNzRfbWlueSwzNjczNjdfbWF4eSwzNjc2MzhfbWF4eCwyNzMzOTZfc2VhcmNodHlwZSxhZHZhbmNlZF9vcmE=&numlink=308030#tabs-4
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    Re: Hafodygors Wen by Anne T on Sunday, 26 November 2017
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    Hi, Postman, Many thanks for the link, which takes us to the Coflein mapping function, which I've not come across before, and found really useful, especially as it displays thumbnails of the site in addition to the text. The same details can also be found at NPRN 308030 (name of page = HAFODYGORSWEN, CAIRN S OF), which reads:

    "1. A cairn measuring about 7m across has four orthostatic blocks projecting from the cairn mass.
    2. This monument comprises the remains of a complex ring cairn, a ceremonial monument probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 BC ' 800 BC). It is situated in boulder-strewn rough upland grazing on the N bank of the Afon Dulyn and consists of a ring of cairn material surrounding four prominent earthfast stones. The cairn measures about 7m in diameter over a broad ring bank of stones. The ring bank measures about 2m in width and is up to 0.4m in height; it has a partial kerb of large, irregularly placed boulders. There are four large orthostats set in the inner edge of the ring bank, forming a subrectangular setting that is roughly aligned from N to S; the largest of these orthostats measures 1m in height.

    The site is reminiscent of the 'four-poster', a type of Bronze Age monument common in Perthshire in Scotland and particularly associated with cremation burials (see, for example, The Four Stones, Walton, Powys). AS such, the site may represent an interesting variant of the embanked stone circle. However, it should probably be considered as a small complex ring cairn, a distinction which is in keeping with local megalithic traditions (see, for example, Moel Goedog ring cairn, Harlech, Gwynedd)."

    Thanks again!
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Re: Hafodygors Wen by SumDoood on Wednesday, 28 June 2017
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Hafod y gors wen = The summer dwelling of the white bog / swamp.
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Re: Hafodygors Wen by DickDiamond on Saturday, 13 October 2012
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Well, I say "well done" for gardening this nice Cairn (or 4 poster) and also for getting up there so early for the Autumn Equinox Sunrise photo which I like very much.
Sadly many megalithic sites are being very slowly destroyed by nearby bushes and trees which are very slowly destroying these ancient sites.
I was just looking at my photo's of the fantastic Stone Circle at Lough Gur, near Limerick which has some amazing old ash and oak trees growing all around it, but which are slowly destroying the site. Sadly there trees should go, they are probably planted by bird excrement when the birds sit on the stones or just by the wind blowing seeds against them, where they take root.
But old and majestic as these trees are, they are causing too much damage to our much older heritage and as such they must go. I encourage the cutting down of all destructive foliage and the general upkeep of all our ancient heritage sites, and as this does not seem to be getting done by the authorities then I say "Keep up the good work!"
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    Re: Hafodygors Wen by Postman on Friday, 19 October 2012
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    Thanks for your encouragement, it is greatfully accepted. Yes , I went to Broadleas last year and was amazed to see the Holly tree growing out of a split stone, and even more shocked to see a recent picture of the site being wholly engulfed by the undergrowth, it makes me mad so I always take shears with me where ever I go.
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