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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gurnos Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Powys

Submitted by geoffstickland on Saturday, 12 October 2019  Page Views: 570

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gurnos Cairn
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Builth Wells  Nearest Village: Beulah
Map Ref: SN92275786
Latitude: 52.208397N  Longitude: 3.578005W
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.
4 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.
1 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
0no data
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Gurnos Cairn
Gurnos Cairn submitted by geoffstickland : Set high on the Cambrians with a commanding view (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Powys

I came across this which is similar to many others I have seen but it not recorded on the OS map. I have given it the name of the ridge Gurnos, the closest landmark named on the OS. It may have been recorded elsewhere with another name.

It is a considerable pile of large stones about 5 meters at its greatest length and about 3 meters at its middle. It is about 1 meter at its greatest height.
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Gurnos Cairn
Gurnos Cairn submitted by geoffstickland : A pile of loose stones high on the open Cambrian mountain.s (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Gurnos Cairn by Anne T on Saturday, 12 October 2019
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Thanks for submitting this, geoffstickland. I spotted an entry on Coflein for a cairn 20m away from the grid reference you've given - see Coflein NPRN 407153 Gurnos Ring Cairn.

Coflein describe it as: "(the) remains of an infilled ring cairn, situated on the Gurnos ridge, above the Esgair y Ffynnon basin. The cairn measures about 7m in diameter within a well-defined stony ring bank 1.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height".

The photos you've submitted with this show the stony middle of the cairn, might the mound be wider with stones buried under the turf? Could this be the same cairn?
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    Re: Gurnos Cairn by geoffstickland on Sunday, 20 October 2019
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    got to admit I guessed the dimensions from memory so my estimate is not too accurate.
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