Featured: Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows, Aubrey Burl

From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows, Aubrey Burl

Who's Online

There are currently, 485 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns - Ring Cairn in Wales in Powys

Submitted by cerrig on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 8951

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Rhyader  Nearest Village: Llanwrthwl
Map Ref: SN957604  Landranger Map Number: 147
Latitude: 52.231885N  Longitude: 3.528612W
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
2 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.
2 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
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : Here can be seen the other 2 large cairns . Looking East. There are more cairns on the crests beyond. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carnau Cefn y Ffordd is a collection of 7 cairns and a standing stone.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : This is the small ruined cairn close to the standing stone. Looking East, towards the Wye valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by Bladup : The Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Cairn nearest the Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : The large cairn again, looking West. In the middle of the valley floor below is Saith Maen stone row. It is intervisible with the three higher cairns, but only with binoculars. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : Looking North West. The stone and the smaller cairn are down in the valley bottom. Seen just over the top of the cairn here. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : This is the largest of the cairns, further up the hill from the stone. Looking South West. In the gap between the hills can just be seen the Black mountain.

Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns
Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns submitted by cerrig : Looking North, towards the nearby stone hidden in the reeds, and Y Gamriw hill beyond.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 282m NW 314° Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN955606)
 781m W 263° Saith Maen WSW* Stone Row / Alignment (SN9492160315)
 906m S 190° Drum Ddu cairns* Cairn (SN95535951)
 954m SSE 148° Hafen stone pair alignment* Stone Row / Alignment (SN96195958)
 1.4km NNW 342° y Gamriw 2* Cairn (SN953617)
 1.4km E 89° Carn-y-Gelifr* Cairn (SN971604)
 1.4km S 180° Carn Pantmaenllwyd* Cairn (SN95675895)
 1.7km NW 304° y Gamriw 1* Ring Cairn (SN943614)
 1.9km ESE 104° Pen y Ffynnon Cairn* Cairn (SN9755659898)
 2.4km E 87° Carn Wen (Garth) Cairn* Cairn (SN98106046)
 2.4km E 100° Blaengwynolwyn Uchaf 1, 2, 3* Cairn (SN9808859916)
 2.5km E 94° Ffynnon Mary Cairn* Cairn (SN98216015)
 2.6km ENE 64° Banc Ystrdd-Wen* Ring Cairn (SN981615)
 2.8km NE 45° Cryn-Fryn* Ring Cairn (SN977623)
 2.8km E 90° Llethr Waun-lwyd Cairns* Cairn (SN98546033)
 2.8km E 89° Garth Cairns 1&2* Cairn (SN9854260365)
 2.9km WNW 293° Waun Sarn Cairn* Cairn (SN93066161)
 3.2km NW 307° Crugian Bach Stone Circle* Stone Circle (SN9314762402)
 3.4km NW 305° Crugian Bach prehistoric monument complex* Barrow Cemetery (SN930624)
 3.5km WNW 298° Gro Hill Cairn 5* Cairn (SN926621)
 3.5km WNW 301° Gro Hill Cairns* Cairn (SN927623)
 3.6km WNW 300° Gro Hill Cairn 2* Cairn (SN92636227)
 3.6km WNW 297° Gro Hill Cairn 4* Cairn (SN925621)
 3.6km WNW 300° Gro Hill Cist* Cist (SN926623)
 3.8km NNE 28° Llanwrthwl* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN9757263720)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Carn-y-Gelifr

Castell Dinas >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District

Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd Ring Cairns" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.