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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pen Yr Orsedd Ring Cairn Alternative Name: Pen Yr Orsedd CairnCountry: Wales County: Conwy Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Village: Pentrefoelas
Map Ref: SH8901055460
Latitude: 53.084784N Longitude: 3.658558W
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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Situated 5k along the Hiraethog Trail that leads to the upland lakes from the village of Pentrefoelas the cairn lies on a gentle northerly slope 120m to the east of the trail and some 350m SW of the Pen Yr Orsedd summit. Coflein has the monument recorded as NPRN 303327 but provides no description. However, Coflein has provided several photographs but they do not tally with my observations and photos taken during my visit to the site.
The cairn has an 8m+ diameter. It appears to have a raised outer ring of stones about 0.6m wide, best displayed on its S and W side, with a flatter lower interior mainly to the S, W and N (possibly interfered with) and a raised cairn (about 0.8m high) of medium to small stones mainly occupying the centre east side. It looks like a ring cairn but it may also be a round cairn that has been robbed?
The environment is particularly blessed with prehistoric activity and the Hiraethog Trail allows access to many of these identified monuments.
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