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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Begwns Alternative Name: Twyn-Y-Certhi Mynydd MachenCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Glamorgan Type: Cairn
Map Ref: ST22379000
Latitude: 51.603466N Longitude: 3.122302W
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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Cairn in South Glamorgan
Round cairn, 26m in diameter and 1.5-2.0m high, disturbed and has a OS triangulation pillar on top.
RCAHMW Coflein record:
Begwns.
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