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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Wen - The Druid's circle - Ring Cairn in Wales in Powys

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 12 April 2016  Page Views: 4671

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Ring Cairn

Map Ref: SN98686614
Latitude: 52.284029N  Longitude: 3.486718W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 3 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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Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Part of the kerb at Carn Wen. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carn Wen and the Druid's Circle are attached to each other, Carn Wen is a much robbed cairn, 7.9m in diameter and 1.0m high, having the remains of a substantial bouldered kerb and cist. 'A battle-axe, a bracelet and some other relics' were recovered in 1844 and a large erect stone at that time was noted at the centre of the monument.

The Carn Wen adjoins 'the Druid's Circle' on the N.

The Druid's Circle is an incomplete banked enclosure (a possible ringcairn]), c.15m in diameter, having a smaller circle (A possible little hut, but like Coflein says - The presence of ritual and possibly settlement features on the same site is unusual.). It's 3.5m in diameter, and is within and adjoining the S side.

The site adjoins Carn Wen to the S, whilst three cairns have been recorded from 20 to 110m to the NE (I could only see one]).
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Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : This photo shows some lower kerbstones as well as the higher kerbstones at Carn Wen, its cist is on the right of the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : The bank of the Druid's Circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Another view of the little hut/enclosure inside the Druid's circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Large kerbstones at Carn Wen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Looking south east over the western side of the Druid's Circle (and it's little hut/enclosure) towards the attached Carn Wen on the horizon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : The little hut/enclosure within the Druid's circle. You can also see Part of the Druid's Circle's bank on the left of the little hut/enclosure, it then curves round to the right.

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Looking west over the northern part of Carn Wen and on the right you can see the little hut/enclosure within the attached Druid's circle.

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : A possible standing stone I saw while walking back down the hill (SN984665).

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : Substantial Kerbstones at Carn Wen, looking north east.

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : The only Cairn of a supposed three that I could see to the north east of Carn Wen and the Druid's circle.

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : The western side of the Druid's circle from Carn Wen, Also showing the little Hut/enclosure (just left of centre) just within the main enclosure at the south.

Carn Wen - The Druid's circle
Carn Wen - The Druid's circle submitted by Bladup : In the foreground is the cist at Carn Wen.

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