<< Our Photo Pages >> Cae'r-Eglwys Long Cairn - Long Barrow in Wales in Mid Glamorgan
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cae'r-Eglwys Long CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Llantwit Major Nearest Village: Marcross
Map Ref: SS91666825
Latitude: 51.402898N Longitude: 3.558886W
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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TheCaptain visited on 21st Sep 2019 Lumpy bumpy ground on a slight slope in the car park at Nash Point, thought to be the remains of a long cairn.
sem have visited here
Coflein NPRN24456. They describe it as an oval, stoney mound 50mx18m, narrowing to 8m at the western end. Possibly a Neolithic long cairn that has been mutilated by the digging of a narrow trench around it's perimeter - maybe to rob a revetment.
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