<< Our Photo Pages >> Carneddi Llwydion - Round Cairn in Wales in South Glamorgan
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carneddi LlwydionCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Glamorgan Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Caerphilly
Map Ref: ST105920
Latitude: 51.619681N Longitude: 3.294161W
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 |
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Two cairns each with a central mound and surrounding bank and both built of round stones. The first at ST10519200 is 15.2m in diameter and about 0.6m high at the centre with a rim 1.5 - 1.8m wide. The second at ST10539204 is of similar form to the first with a 17.1m diameter, 0.9m high at the centre and a 2.1 - 2.8m rim.
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