<< Our Photo Pages >> Y Pigwn cairn 1 - Cairn in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Y Pigwn cairn 1Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llandovery Nearest Village: Trecastle
Map Ref: SN83063119
Latitude: 51.966846N Longitude: 3.703572W
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 |
0 | no data |
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SandyG visited on 5th Jul 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2
sem cerrig have visited here
Within a few hundred meters to the South East are 2 circles, a stone row, and another robbed cairn.
When these cairns were opened by antiquarian archaeologists funerial objects were found.
The Coflein nprn number is 304656.
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