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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Talgarth Nearest Village: Pengenffordd
Map Ref: SO18503070
Latitude: 51.968775N Longitude: 3.187742W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

2 Accuracy:

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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**Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns** submitted by TheCaptain : In the bottom of the dip in the ridge, where a trackway passes over the top at SO18693080, is another round stone cairn. Where the trackway passes the cairn it is hollowed around the edge of the cairn, accentuating its proportions. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Two round stone built cairns stand on the Y Grib ridge, running down towards Pengenffordd from the highest point of the Black Mountains, Waun Fach, with Castell Dinas being built upon the lowest, westernmost bump of this lovely ridge.

On top of the second hilltop at SO18503073 is a stonebuilt round cairn about 10 metres in diameter, up to a metre high, and remains of the sideslabs of a central cist can be seen.

In the bottom of the dip in the ridge to the east of this first cairn, where a trackway passes over the top at SO18693080, is another round stone cairn. about 9 m in diameter, and less than a metre high. Where the trackway passes the cairn it is hollowed around the edge of the cairn, eccentuation its proportions. Althouth the cairn has been dug into at the top, there are no signs of a cist.
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