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Multi-periodSite Name: Marchnad Mawr SettlementCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Dolgellau Nearest Village: Brithdir
Map Ref: SH802184
Latitude: 52.749897N Longitude: 3.776342W
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 |
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The largest enclosure has a diameter of 24m and there are the footings of several oval and rectangular buildings apparent.
There are two Bronze Age cairns very close to the settlement site and several ancient trackways cross the moorland. The Romans were also present, with a military fort at Brithdir and Bala, and a nearby camp at Gwanas Fawr in The valley below.
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100m N 359° Marchnad Mawr Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SH802185)
141m NW 314° Marchnad Mawr Round Cairn* Round Cairn (SH801185)
200m N 359° Cairn North of Nant Helygog* Cairn (SH802186)
2.8km WSW 256° Y Foel Caerynwch Cairn* Cairn (SH775178)
4.4km NW 319° Hill Fort West of Ystum Gwadnaeth* Hillfort (SH774218)
5.6km NW 310° Y Garreg Fawr (the Great Stone)* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH760221)
5.7km NNE 23° Dolddeuli* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH826236)
5.9km WNW 295° Moel Offrwm* Hillfort (SH749210)
5.9km WNW 290° Caer Isaf Moel-Offrwm* Hillfort (SH747206)
6.5km NW 307° Ffynnon-Y-Capel Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH75102248)
6.6km WNW 301° Tyddyn Bach Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SH74572196)
6.7km NNW 328° Cors Y Garnedd Round Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SH768242)
6.9km NW 313° Cairn east of Mynydd Ty Isaf* Cairn (SH7529723251)
7.0km NW 312° Ring Cairn SW of Mynydd Ty Isaf* Ring Cairn (SH7511123193)
7.0km NW 313° Mynydd Ty Isaf Cairn Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SH7515023273)
7.1km NW 312° Cairn West of Mynydd Ty Isaf* Cairn (SH7503023291)
7.2km WNW 285° Foel Faner* Hillfort (SH733204)
7.4km WSW 252° Coed Croes Cairn* Cairn (SH731163)
7.5km W 276° Coed Pen Y Bryn Defended Settlement* Hillfort (SH727194)
7.6km W 265° Dolgellau* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH72581792)
7.6km W 262° Ffynnon Fair (Dolgellau)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH72601755)
8.0km W 264° Pandy'r Odyn Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH722178)
8.1km W 274° Pentre Farm Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SH721191)
8.5km NNE 28° Pant Clyd Round Cairn* Round Cairn (SH8440225764)
8.5km WNW 301° Carreg Coed Y Brenin* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH730229)
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