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<< Our Photo Pages >> Yr Aran - Barrow Cemetery in Wales in Denbighshire

Submitted by postman on Thursday, 15 November 2012  Page Views: 3378

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yr Aran
Country: Wales County: Denbighshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Bala  Nearest Village: Pennant
Map Ref: SJ03053279
Latitude: 52.883801N  Longitude: 3.442213W
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.
 3 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
 5

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Yr Aran
Yr Aran submitted by postman : Some how I missed the two largest cairns due to being totally cream crackered and eager to get back to the car. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)

From Llandrillo take south heading lane towards and passing through tiny hamlet of Pennant to a house called Rhyd y Gethin. Seeing as I didn't come this way, but instead a very circuitous tortuous route from elsewhere, I cant really say how to get there from Rhyd Y Gethin but only to say the cairn cemetery is up hill beyond the trees.
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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Full of quartzy goodness. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Looking back the way we came. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Nant Esgeiriau cairn with cist is over the hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Massive standing stone, nah it's another cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : The green bump by the trees is a ruined cairn, possibly more in the trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Cist gone? Fences separate two of the Yr Aran cairns from it's neighbours, and the Rhyd-y-Gethin cairns. weird place.

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Ever heard of the Berwyn incident? supposed UFO crash, seen it on TV? then you probably saw the buggy drivers granddad in that programme. I have.

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn II is up by the sheep

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : An Yr Aran cairn or three

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairns, against the Berwyn mountains

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn 1 and mystery bonus cairn not mentioned anywhere. Or vice versa

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-Gethin cairn 1 with 2 above and left.

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : The biggest cairn here, I don't think the quartz is original and it may hide an intact cist. Coflein says the other Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn has an intact cist, it does not.

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Yr Aran

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn II, the mountain in "shade" is Foel Cwm Sian Llwyd itself cairn topped

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn II, it's got a lot of quartz

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Yr Aran cairn II the other Yr Aran cairns are down by the trees.

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Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Yr Aran cairn II, whilst over the fence is the quartzy Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn II, how can Coflein give them different names?

Yr Aran
Yr Aran submitted by Postman : Rhyd-y-Gethin cairn II. Ive grouped these Rhyd-y-Gethin cairns with the Yr Aran cairns, coflein is a bit wrong here, their description of the, and the number of the cairns is wrong. the mountain hiding in the mist is Foel Cwm Sian llwyd, it's got a cairn too.

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Yr Aran submitted by postman : Yr Aran cairn

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Yr Aran submitted by postman : Of course they could be clearance cairns, two in this picture.

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Yr Aran submitted by postman : The opened and broken cist of one of the cairns

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 567m NNE 25° Rhyd y Gethin Standing Stone (Menhir) (SJ03303330)
 1.2km NE 45° Cefn Penagored Cairn and Ring Cairn* Cairn (SJ039336)
 1.3km NE 55° Cefn Penagored Ridge Cairns* Cairn (SJ041335)
 1.4km E 84° Nant Esgeiriau* Round Cairn (SJ044329)
 1.5km NNE 12° Penagored Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SJ034343)
 1.8km ENE 66° Cwm Tywyll* Ring Cairn (SJ04683346)
 1.8km ENE 72° Pennant* Round Cairn (SJ04823331)
 3.5km NNW 328° Craig yr Arian* Chambered Cairn (SJ01243584)
 3.6km SE 128° Cwm Rhiwiau* Stone Circle (SJ059305)
 3.6km ESE 103° Moel Sych* Cairn (SJ066319)
 3.8km SE 132° Rhos y Beddau (Rows)* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SJ0579530205)
 3.8km SE 132° Rhos Y Beddau (Circle)* Stone Circle (SJ058302)
 3.9km NW 307° Carnedd Wen (Llandderfel) Cairn (SJ000352)
 4.1km E 94° Cader Berwyn Cairn 2* Cairn (SJ07173245)
 4.1km E 90° Cadair Berwyn* Cairn (SJ072327)
 4.4km NE 39° Cerrig Bwlch Y Fedw* Stone Circle (SJ05873615)
 4.8km E 82° Berwyn mountains Marker stones* Marker Stone (SJ078334)
 5.0km E 79° Bwlch Maen Gwynedd* Cairn (SJ07953364)
 5.0km ENE 66° Bwrdd Arthur* Cairn (SJ077347)
 5.0km SE 127° Afon Disgynfa* Cairn (SJ07042971)
 5.1km NNE 29° Moel Ty Uchaf* Stone Circle (SJ05613717)
 5.1km NNW 337° Branas Uchaf* Chambered Cairn (SJ01123752)
 5.2km S 177° Craig ty-glas* Cairn (SJ03262758)
 5.5km S 185° Ffynnon Cwm Ewyn* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SJ025273)
 5.5km SSE 149° Bedd Crynddyn* Cairn (SJ058280)
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