<< Our Photo Pages >> Cold Knap Round Barrow - Cairn in Wales in South Glamorgan
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cold Knap Round BarrowCountry: Wales
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County: South Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Barry
Map Ref: ST10306607
Latitude: 51.386560N Longitude: 3.290446W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Baruc visited on 1st Jul 1976 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4
sem GenineNeale have visited here
In 1958 fragments of a narrow rim cinerary urn were found here and in 1967 a portion of a small collared urn (Coflein NPRN 300138).
A 17th century map shows that the Knap was then an island so it is possible that this was the case in the Bronze Age.
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