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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn PicaCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Brecon Nearest Village: Talybont-on-Usk
Map Ref: SO06982015
Latitude: 51.872138N Longitude: 3.352528W
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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TheCaptain visited on 20th Aug 2019 A splendid "modern" cairn at the top of the most easterly tip of the main Brecon Beacons ridge, just to the east of the summit of Waun Rydd, probably built at the position of an ancient cairn.
Coflein Record NPRN 246201 and 246202.
A cairn has been shown at Carn Pica on Ordnance Survey maps since the 1" to 1 mile survey of the early 19th century. Today the most obvious cairn at the spot is NPRN 246202, a modern "beehive" cairn. Just to the northwest of this is a cleared area with some stone debris on it. This could be the remains of a former funerary cairn.
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