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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corrwg Mounds (W)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Map Ref: SS97477518
Latitude: 51.466270N Longitude: 3.477401W
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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Cairn in South Glamorgan
From Coflein: "Part of a collection of mounds, extending c.630m E-W, c.100-250m to the S of the Roman road through the Vale (Nprn307253). 10 mounds occupying an area, c.188m E-W by 85m. A larger mound (Nprn307568) is situated c.100m to the W, and a smaller group of similar mounds (Nprn307570), c.233m to the E. RB material has been found in the vicinity."
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