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<< Our Photo Pages >> Waen Gyrach - Ring Cairn in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by postman on Monday, 09 March 2015  Page Views: 2635

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Waen Gyrach
Country: Wales County: Conwy Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Penmaenmawr  Nearest Village: Henryd
Map Ref: SH74277493
Latitude: 53.256434N  Longitude: 3.886166W
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
3 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.
4 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
5

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Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Kerb cairn built into the eastern bank of of a ring cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is not just a ring cairn, one side of the ring has a decent cairn built into it and only ten yards away is another cairn, with kerb and exposed cist. This is a little gem of a site, there's so much going on, it's much better than the nearby much ruined stone circle.

Just a five minute walk from Hafodty stone circle and standing stone, park at the end of the lane, not the one with the church, and the stones are a ten minute walk from the car.
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Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. Stones of the 15m ringcairn with the kerbcairn visible at the top left of the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The cairn with cist with the kerb cairn behind. The ring cairn is out of sight to the right of the kerb cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. It's a bit confusing here because even the cairn with cist has a kerb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The kerb cairn with the cairn with cist behind. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The kerb cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The kerbcairn.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The cairn with cist.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The cairn with cist. The cist's capstone is in the middle of the photo, the rest of the cist is to the left of it.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. Another little ringcairn next to the kerbcairn.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach Kerb Cairn.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach Ringcairn.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Stones in the ringcairn with the kerbcairn in the background.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Bladup : Waen Gyrach. The 15m ringcairn with a little cairn just inside.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by Postman : Maen Crwn standing stone and Red Farm stone circle are just behind the conifers.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Kerb cairn built into the eastern bank of of a ring cairn. The trees in the distance on the left has Maen Crwn menhir beside them and in the next field the ruined Red Farm stone circle.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Kerb cairn built into the eastern bank of a ring cairn. Welsh mountain ponies for scale or added interest if you like ponies. I do.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Cist with capstone still next to it.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Kerbed? cairn with cist and capstone.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Cairn with cist and capstone.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Cefn Maen Amor stands above the cairns.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : Stones of the ring cairn.

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman

Waen Gyrach
Waen Gyrach submitted by postman : The whole site, ring cairn with inbuilt kerb cairn and cairn with cist just off to the left, Foel Lus occupies the skyline.

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 228m NNE 27° Fairy Glen Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74387513)
 258m NE 53° Tydden-Grasod* Cist (SH74487508)
 509m E 85° Maen Hir (Conwy)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH74787496)
 610m NE 49° Hafodty* Stone Circle (SH74747532)
 930m NNE 23° Llyn-y-Wrach* Ring Cairn (SH74657578)
 1.1km W 275° Red Farm* Stone Circle (SH73227505)
 1.2km W 271° Maen Crwn* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH73107499)
 1.3km SE 124° Northern Hut Group* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH75337418)
 1.3km SE 125° Southern Hut Group Ancient Village or Settlement (SH75347413)
 1.4km SSW 196° Cefn Maen Amor* Stone Circle (SH73847359)
 1.4km SSW 194° Maen Penddu* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH73907357)
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 1.7km W 264° Fridd Wanc* Round Barrow(s) (SH726748)
 1.8km W 263° Circle 275* Stone Circle (SH7251174774)
 1.8km WSW 245° Cerrig Gwynion (Conwy)* Cist (SH72627423)
 1.8km S 176° Caer Bach Cairn* Cairn (SH74367314)
 1.9km S 175° Caer Bach* Hillfort (SH744730)
 2.0km W 261° Druids Circle (Penmaenmawr)* Stone Circle (SH72297466)
 2.0km S 176° Caer Bach Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74367293)
 2.1km W 260° Monument 280* Ring Cairn (SH72207464)
 2.1km S 176° Siambr Gladdu Caer Bach* Chambered Tomb (SH7436572834)
 2.1km W 259° Cefn Coch (Penmaenmawr)* Ring Cairn (SH72167457)
 2.3km S 178° Ddwyffrwd Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SH743726)
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