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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Crickhowell  Nearest Village: Llangattock
Map Ref: SO1948415430
Latitude: 51.831657N  Longitude: 3.16985W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking East, with the Sugar Loaf beyond. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This cairn is probably the most impressive of all the surviving monuments on Mynydd Llangattock. Constructed of Glacial sandstone debris, the evidence of which litters the moors hereabouts in great abundance, stands a 9 feet tall cone shaped mound with an untidy base spreading to 15 feet or more. It is sited on the crest between the sheer 300 feet cliffs of the Llangattock escarpment and the gritstone plateau of Mynydd Llangattock.

The views from here are extensive, taking in the Black mountains to the North and East, and the sweep of the Usk valley as it turns West towards the central Beacons.

Eglwys Faen refers to the cave that is underneath this part of the mountain, one of many that honeycombe these hills. Eglwys Faen means "Stone church".

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Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking West. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Llangattock escarpment, looking East, towards Abergavenny. The cairn is on the centre skyline. At the end of the fields in the bottom left is a hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking North, the Black mountains beyond, and the Usk valley below. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking South, towards the Llangattock escarpment, with Tretower castle in the foreground. The cairn is on the skyline at about 2 o'clock. Visible even from several miles away. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking East. Glacial remains everywhere. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking North West, towards the central Beacons in the far distance.

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : lookng South, showing the shelter dug into the face, and the glacial boulder debris that lie all around.

Cairn south of Eglwys Faen
Cairn south of Eglwys Faen submitted by cerrig : Looking South. The cairn just visible on the skyline in centre of picture.

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Re: Cairn south of Eglwys Faen by JRB on Thursday, 11 July 2013
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The above photos and accompanying text may refer to the Mynydd Llangattock Cairn, which Coflein refers to as "A disturbed cairn, 11.9m in diameter and 0.6-1.2m high, capped by a modern cairn".

The Cairn South of Eglwys Faen lies c. 30 m to the NNE.
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