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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dyffryn Lane, Berriew - Henge in Wales in Powys

Submitted by PauM on Tuesday, 01 August 2006  Page Views: 9079

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dyffryn Lane, Berriew
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Welshpool  Nearest Village: Berriew
Map Ref: SJ2044101409  Landranger Map Number: 126
Latitude: 52.604617N  Longitude: 3.176212W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 1 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
0No data.
 4 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
0no data
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Dyffryn Lane, Berriew
Dyffryn Lane, Berriew submitted by Barry Teague : This is the site of the Dyffryn Lane circle henge. A slight rise can be seen marking the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient site in Powys. The Dyffryn Lane henge - only survives now as a vague ploughed down earthwork and a strong crop mark.

(the CPAT has an aerial image and a topographical survey - scroll down the page on the link).

This site is located at a strategic point in the Powys landscape close to the confluence of three river valleys on the low ground. These valleys would have been important passes between the mountain ranges and could well have acted as trade routes therefore making this henge a potentially crucial trading point for the whole of mid-Wales.

For more information see Coflein NPRN 306967.

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Dyffryn Lane, Berriew
Dyffryn Lane, Berriew submitted by TimPrevett : If one looks carefully at the Dyffryn Lane henge site, especially with reference to the aerial image in the CADW guide to Clywd & Powys, three areas of corresponding contours can be detected. Look for curves and rises juxtaposed against the linear hedgerows. I have marked the picture here to help show off a closer zoom in on the most northern earthwork in the field, taken from a gate on the SE cor... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dyffryn Lane, Berriew
Dyffryn Lane, Berriew submitted by TimPrevett : If one looks carefully at the Dyffryn Lane henge site, especially with reference to the aerial image in the CADW guide to Clywd & Powys, three areas of corresponding contours can be detected. Look for curves and rises juxtaposed against the linear hedgerows. I have marked the picture here to help show off the distant curves near the field boundary, and a closer mark to show the contours nearer the... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SJ2001 : Burial mound in a field near the River Severn by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
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SJ2001 : View to the Breidden Hills from Dyffryn Lane burial mound by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2017(licence)
SJ2001 : Maen Beuno standing stone description tablet by John Firth
by John Firth
©2010(licence)
SJ2001 : Maen Beuno standing stone by John Firth
by John Firth
©2010(licence)
SJ2001 : Maen Beuno on lane to Dyffryn by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2012(licence)

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Dyffryn Lane Henge Open Day by Andy B on Tuesday, 01 August 2006
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Sunday 6th August, 11am to 3pm

Come and visit an excavation of a prehistoric henge site

Talk to the archaeologists

See the artefacts found on site over the past five weeks

Directions: Dyffryn Lane is opposite the first Berriew turn on the way from Welshpool to Newtown on the A483.

http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/dyffryn/open/open.htm
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Dyffryn Lane Henge Project by Andy B on Monday, 17 July 2006
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The project, directed by Dr Alex Gibson, is being run jointly by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust and the Department of Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bradford and is being undertaken with grant aid from Cadw and other sources.

The fieldwork project will run from early July to about the middle of August 2006. It will focus on the investigation of the henge monument at the focus of the Dyffryn Lane prehistoric ritual complex - an important complex of monuments in the fields to either side of Dyffryn Lane, Berriew, in the Severn valley, about 4 miles south of Welshpool, Powys.

It is hoped to find the excavation trenches dug in the mid 19th century in order to evaluate the preservation of the henge monument and degree of agricultural erosion, to test and date the perceived stratigraphical sequence at the site, and to place the site in its chronological and ancient environmental setting.

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