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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Disgwylfa Fawr Round Barrow Alternative Name: Disgwylfa Fawr CairnCountry: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Ponterwyd
Map Ref: SN73738474
Latitude: 52.445987N Longitude: 3.859291W
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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"A scheduled Bronze Age round barrow which has been excavated. The barrow was opened in 1937 by Alfred R. Jenkins, The Garage, Ponterwyd and J.W Smith, who produced a sketch of the barrow. They uncovered two wooden "dug-outs" and a "Food Vessel." These were probably coffins. The largest was 2.5m long and may have been an inhumation coffin, the body having been placed upon it for burial. The smaller dug-out held a cremation burial, which was accompanied by a number of grave goods, namely a food vessel & flint blade. C14 dates have been taken from the wooden dug-outs. The larger was dated to c.1900BC and the smaller to c.1350BC. It seems that the inhumation burial was the first to be made,when the barrow was created, with the cremation burial being added some 600 years later. This may confirm the trend away from inhumation burial to cremation burial during the Bronze Age period. The coffins and the food vessel are preserved at the National Museum of Wales, but the cremation and flint knife have been lost. A piece of animal fur that had been placed over the cremation and its grave good was not preserved."
(Dyfed Archaeological Trust Historic Environment Record)
archwilio.org.uk/her/chi3/report/page.php?watprn=DAT5608&dbname=dat&tbname=core&sessid=CHI3n5lup5b&queryid=Q160266001711417027
A more detailed report from the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society in 1938 can be found in the National Library of Wales: Transactions and archaeological record, Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society Vol. 13 1938
journals.library.wales/view/1177372/1178952/73#?xywh=-2202%2C-122%2C7169%2C4601
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