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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen y Garn Goch - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Powys

Submitted by geoffstickland on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 4880

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pen y Garn Goch
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Builth Wells  Nearest Village: Llanwrtyd Wells
Map Ref: SN885502  Landranger Map Number: 147
Latitude: 52.138808N  Longitude: 3.630633W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Pen y Garn Goch
Pen y Garn Goch submitted by geoffstickland : A very extensive site, about 30 yards at its longest point. It is quite hard to find, hidden in the forestry. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pen y Garn Goch Round Barrow Cemetery is a large Cemetery high on a hill on the Southernmost edge of the Cambrian Mountains near the town of Llanwrtyd wells. Possibly of Neolithic origin.

The monument consists of the remains of three conjoined round barrows, probably dating to the Bronze Age
Pen y Garn Goch cairn I at SN88485029
Pen y Garn Goch cairn II at SN88485028
Pen y Garn Goch cairn III at SN88475027
Holes that had been illegally dug into the cairn were recorded and backfilled by Cadw staff in April 2017.
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Pen y Garn Goch
Pen y Garn Goch submitted by geoffstickland : The cairn viewed from the adjacent trig point (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SN8850 : Pen y Garn-goch: ancient cairns & trig by Rob Woodall
by Rob Woodall
©2008(licence)
SN8850 : Pen y Garn-goch Summit Cairns by Rude Health
by Rude Health
©2013(licence)
SN8850 : Pen y Garn-goch by Rude Health
by Rude Health
©2013(licence)
SN8850 : Pen y Garn-goch: view NE by Rob Woodall
by Rob Woodall
©2008(licence)
SN8849 : Single track road looking NW from Pistyllgwyn by Phillip Williams
by Phillip Williams
©2010(licence)

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 4.7km SSW 208° Penmaenllwyd Cairn* Cairn (SN8617346091)
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Re: Pen y Garn Goch by geoffstickland on Thursday, 28 January 2021
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The entry for this site should probably be rewritten on the following lines:

Pen y Garn Goch Round Barrow Cemetery
A large Cemetery high on a hill on the Southernmost edge of the Cambrian Mountains near the town of Llanwrtyd wells. Possibly of Neolithic origin.

The monument consists of the remains of three conjoined round barrows, probably dating to the Bronze Age
Pen y Garn Goch cairn I at SN88485029
Pen y Garn Goch cairn II at SN88485028
Pen y Garn Goch cairn III at SN88475027 Holes that had been illegally dug into the cairn were recorded and backfilled by Cadw staff in April 2017.

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