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Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 27 February 2006 Page Views: 11005

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fan Foel Cairns
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Round Cairn

Map Ref: SN8214722341
Latitude: 51.887129N Longitude: 3.713822W
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TheCaptain visited on 20th Jul 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Once up on the top of Fan Foel (781m) in the rain and wind, the remains of this large circular cairn are plain to see, no doubt due to the excavation work some years ago. The circular structure of the cairn is 11 meters in diameter, and within this cairn, offset to the steep cliff edge, is the box like remains of a cist. At this point we saw just about the only other people we saw all day, a couple of German lads who stood in the cairn and seemed reluctant to move away so I could take some photos!

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**Fan Foel Cairns** submitted by pab : The cairn Andy is referring to is on the farthest point - the slightly closer and higher point is Carmarthen Fan, 749m. By the time we reached there, hailstones helped us decide to leave the Fan Foel Cairns until another day! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Round Cairn in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin). The practice of placing floral tributes on graves may date back 4,000 years, research in west Wales suggests. Archaeologists have been examining a Bronze Age burial mound on the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire.

As well as analysing cremated bone, an urn and flint tools found in a cist, tests on soil taken from around the site found microscopic pollen grains.

Researchers believe it paints a new picture of ancient burial rituals - more tender than previously thought. The excavation on Fan Foel, above Llyn y Fan Fach, was carried out by Llandeilo-based Cambria Archaeology.

Director Gwilym Hughes said the burial mound was slowly disappearing due to a combination of weather and the many walkers who climbed the mountain every year.

"Visitors were collecting stones from the monument," he said.

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Note: These were the cairns where geocachers were blamed for contributing to the damage, see comment.
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