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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llanharan Beacons Alternative Name: The BeaconsCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.951 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llantrisant Nearest Village: Ynysmaerdy
Map Ref: ST0170783980
Latitude: 51.546124N Longitude: 3.418882W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Quote GGAT (PRNs 600m and 601m) Pair of mounds on Mynydd Garthmaelwg, at the edge of the escarpment which forms the southern edge of the Coalfield. They are both far larger than is normally found, but it seems probable that their present height may be the result of augmentation during period of use as post- medieval beacon platforms. To me, like many cairns in South Wales, they seem to be paired in order to represent the Brecon Beacons. Could it be that this is also the origin of the name.
Now set in Forestry Commission land they are heavily overgrown and only their size gives them away.
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