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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Y Garnedd cairn
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Llan Ffestiniog
Map Ref: SH742431
Latitude: 52.970452N  Longitude: 3.874729W
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
 4 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
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : View from Y Garnedd towards Llynnau Gamallt. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bronze Age burial cairn with a central depression, robbed out. 12 metre diameter. Circles the rocky summit of Y Garnedd.

Panoramic views of the surrounding area and towards the coast.

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Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Bronze Age cairn on the summit of Y Garnedd, Gwynedd. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the south along the Lon Bwlch y Garnedd trackway. The cairn lies close by to the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the SW across the cairn site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3 submitted by TAlanJones : Centre of the cairn with some stones revealed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3 submitted by TAlanJones : Large stones on the western arc of the cairn.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 3 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the SW across the cairn site.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1 submitted by TAlanJones : Large earth fast stone revealed.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1 submitted by TAlanJones : Earth fast stone revealed.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north west across the cairn, centre, with the obvious sheep path/rut.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the south across the cairn with the central rut and stones peeking through.

Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1
Bwlch y Garnedd Cairn 1 submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north east across the cairn with Bryn Hafod Y Llan summit (390m) in the distance.

Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Y Garnedd in winter with the Moelwyn mountains in the distance. (1 comment)

Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : The cairn in December.

Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : A snowy cairn 28.12.2020

Y Garnedd cairn
Y Garnedd cairn submitted by TAlanJones : Y Garnedd summit looking towards the coast in the west.

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