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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I Alternative Name: Round Barrow Pair Cemetery NPRN 303677
Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ponterwyd
Map Ref: SN7754389845
Latitude: 52.492727N  Longitude: 3.805096W
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
 no data 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.
 1 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
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Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking SW over the now vandalised cairn at Drosgol. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Ceredigion

A well preserved, large summit cairn, which appears to be undisturbed. It measures approximately 11m in diameter and stands up to 0.5m high. It is one of a pair of cairns at this location (Round Barrow Pair Cemetery NPRN 303677), the other cairn stands c.30m to the north (NPRN 285742). R.P. Sambrook, Trysor, 4 January 2006

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Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Great morning sky over Drosgol (visible in the centre of the picture) on the way back down. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Cairn 1, the ancestors have arisen : ) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Sun over the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Drosgol. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Sun over the cairns on Carn Hyddgen. Happy summer solstice 2024! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Cairn 2 on the morning of June 20th.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking NE over cairn 2 at the sun sitting over the cairns on Carn Hyddgen. If you wanted to be remembered by your descendants then this is the way to do it.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking N over cairn 2 at Cader Idris.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking from cairn 1 across the valley at the cairns on Carn Hyddgen with the sun just visible over them.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking NE over cairn 1. The cairns on Carn Hyddgen are above the quartz pillar with the sun sat above all of them.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Summer solstice sun over cairn 1.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking NE over cairn 1 at the cairns on Carn Hyddgen with the sun now sitting over both of them. Time is 5.38am.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : First sighting of the risen sun through the cloud cover. The cairns are just to the right of it on the ridgeline.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking SE over cairn 1 at Pumlumon Fawr. The cairns up there are aligned with the WSSR from here. Due to the height of Pumlumon though, the sun wouldn't be visible for quite a while so I would guess these are more symbolic alignments rather than practical. Who knows!

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Dramatic skies. The cairns on Carn Hyddgen are on the ridgeline just right of centre.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking SW at cairn 1 with Drosgol behind it (sun sets here in December), the rising sun colouring the clouds.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking N over cairn 2 at Cader Idris on the horizon, sun rising on the right.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking NE over cairn 1. Cairn 2 visible on the left.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : In between the cairns looking NE. Cairn 2 visible on the left.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Dramatic daybreak looking NE.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking NE from the cairn at 3.47am, an hour before official sunrise.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Eastern side of the cairn looking south.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : The site report from 2006 at Coflein says this cairn "appears to be undisturbed." Sadly since then some idiot has 'modified' it.

Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I
Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I submitted by HarryTwenty : Cairn I looking south.

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