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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Croes-llechau (Bronllys) Alternative Name: CroesllechauCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Village: Bronllys / Three Cocks
Map Ref: SO169357
Latitude: 52.013482N Longitude: 3.212239W
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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Long Barrow in Powys
This long barrow, now destroyed, is listed on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA); see their page for Croes-llechau, Bronllys, Breconshire. TNA tell us that this tomb was first documented by Theophilus Jones more than 200 years ago, saying: “In a field called Croeslechau about two miles eastward of (Talgarth), but in the parish of Bronllys and on a farm called Bryn-y-groes, is a cromlech, not merely interesting on account of its antiquity, but from the circumstance of a white thorn growing close, and indeed under part of it, which has gradually raised the horizontal or covering-stone several inches out of its original position; it is therefore not only venerable as a relic of very ancient days, but as a natural curiosity.”
The TNA page shows a line drawing of the tomb from 1809, and gives two separate book references for it.
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