Featured: See Your Book Here

See Your Book Here

Random Image

Schoenfeld Dauer Steingrab

Schoenfeld Dauer Steingrab

Temples of Stone: Exploring the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland

Temples of Stone: Exploring the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland

Login

Register here - as a registered user you get more features and fewer ads.

Who's Online

There are currently, 1426 guests and 4 members online.

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Plynlimon - Cairn in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 30 September 2002  Page Views: 8621

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plynlimon Alternative Name: Pumlumon Fawr
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Ceredigion Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SN789869  Landranger Map Number: 135
Latitude: 52.466568N  Longitude: 3.784048W
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.
 4 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.
 3 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
 3

Internal Links:
External Links:

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : Looking westish to Pumlumon, you can see all three cairns, the central cairn has apparently split in two, divorced if you will. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A number of well-preserved Cairns on the summit of Plynlimon Mountain in Ceredigion

Have you visited this site? Please add a comment below.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : peeking round the southern cairn to the central cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : the south cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : Looking over the top of the south cairn towards the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The seemingly intact southern cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The big sprawling central cairn.

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : Interior of the wind break made of just a part of the central cairn.

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : Part of the central cairn and the south cairn

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The smaller north cairn, with Pumlumon Arwystli beyond, itself crowned by three cairns.

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The smaller north cairn

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : All this is the central cairn, seriously mucked about with.

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The central cairn (with trig point) and the further southern cairn.

Plynlimon
Plynlimon submitted by Postman : The northern cairn, smallest of the three

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.8km NNW 336° Pen Cor-maen Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN78228856)
 2.1km WNW 287° Maesnant Stones Standing Stones (SN76918755)
 2.3km W 271° Bwlch Graig Goch Cairn Cairn (SN76558701)
 2.5km NW 314° Craig y Dullfan ring cairn* Cairn (SN771887)
 2.6km W 263° Nant Maesnant Fach Round Cairn* Cairn (SN76328667)
 2.7km W 263° Maesnant Fach Round Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SN76258665)
 2.7km NNW 341° Afon Hyddgen* Stone Row / Alignment (SN78088943)
 2.7km ENE 69° Pen Pumlumon-Arwystli* Cairn (SN815878)
 2.8km WSW 256° Nant Y Moch Cairn I Cairn (SN76158629)
 3.1km WNW 287° Drosgol Carneddau Cairn (II)* Cairn (SN75968785)
 3.1km WNW 286° Drosgol Carneddau Cairn (I)* Cairn (SN7593387856)
 3.2km NNW 334° Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn I* Cairn (SN7754389845)
 3.3km NNW 334° Banc Llechwedd Mawr, Cairn 2* Cairn (SN7755389883)
 3.4km WSW 240° Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau* Cairn (SN759853)
 3.8km W 270° Aber Camddwr Cairn* Cairn (SN75058700)
 3.9km N 3° Carn Gwilym Cairns* Cairn (SN7923290838)
 4.0km SW 235° Lle'r Neuaddau* Stone Circle (SN75548465)
 4.3km ENE 67° Carreg Wen (Hafren)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN829885)
 4.3km NE 42° Blaen Hafren, Cairn III* Artificial Mound (SN8187390064)
 4.5km NNE 16° Foel Uchaf* Cairn (SN8027891195)
 4.6km NE 47° Source of the River Severn* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SN8231989929)
 4.6km SW 229° Hirnant* Stone Circle (SN7532683939)
 4.6km NE 37° Carn Fawr* Cairn (SN8181090530)
 5.1km SW 225° Garn Lwyd Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN752834)
 5.1km NE 46° Carn Fach Bugeilyn* Cairn (SN8263190380)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Pen y Ffrwd

Pont Ddu >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe, Bradley

Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe, Bradley

Sponsors

Latest Visit Logs

  • Sigtuna U 389
    “Right next to the museum entrance, this runestone is hard to miss.”
    by CharcoalBurner89 · 15 Jun 2026
  • The Awen Stone
    “Situated in the grounds of West End Campsite, easily visible and accessible as of June 2026.”
    by TimPrevett · 15 Jun 2026
  • Dolmen de la Roc de l'Arca
    “GPS co-ordinates are accurate. Use the same parking as for Dolmen de la Cauna del Moro and walk 200…”
    by Jhalst1 · 14 Jun 2026
  • Dolmen de la Cauna del Moro
    “The GPS co-ordinates are accurate, and you can drive to withing 10m of the dolmen. There is parking …”
    by Jhalst1 · 14 Jun 2026
  • Dolmen de Campoussy
    “The GPS coordinates are accurate; there is also a small sign by the road and a space for parking on …”
    by Jhalst1 · 14 Jun 2026

"Plynlimon" | Login/Create an Account | 1 comment
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
A survey of Lluest y Carn, north of Eisteddfa Gurig by Andy B on Monday, 24 February 2014
(User Info | Send a Message)
A survey of Lluest y Carn (SN797867), north of Eisteddfa Gurig, Ceredigion/Powys border by Iestyn Jones

Enigmatic upland site in Mid-Wales surveyed by Neil Phillips & Iestyn Jones (2005) from Archaeology in Wales, Vol. 45 pp. 109-111.

http://www.academia.edu/506042/A_survey_of_Lluest_y_Carn_north_of_Eisteddfa_Gurig_Ceredigion_Powys_border
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.