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Submitted by pab on Wednesday, 11 April 2007 Page Views: 6633

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pen Cerrig-calch
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Abergavenney Nearest Village: Crickhowell
Map Ref: SO21702236
Latitude: 51.894268N Longitude: 3.139271W
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

2 Ambience:

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

3 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
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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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Cairn in Powys. On the summit of Pen Cerrig-calch above Crickhowell, there are remains of 2 Cairns near the Trig Point (701m) whose Grid Reference I have used for convenience.

Both Cairns have been significantly damaged by their centres being hollowed out to create more effective sheep shelters, but they are still formidable structures.

The RCAHMW describes them as:
Cairn 1 (SO21752223) - A centrally disturbed cairn, 16.5m in diameter and 1.1-2.5m high

Cairn 2 (SO21652241) - A cairn upon the summit of Pen Cerrig-calch, 15.4m in diameter and 1.3m high, centrally mutilated by a sheep shelter.

When visiting the site Easter 2007, I also noticed a combination of stones which did not seem totally natural, perhaps being the remains of a capstone over a chambered structure. It stood out to me among the limestone slabs which give this hill its name, but I would not want to be too dogmatic about it....hopefully someone with a keener eye and experience will have the chance to look closer - approximately SO21772223 from the map.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SO2122 : Pen Cerrig-calch Trig by Rude Health — by Rude Health
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SO2122 : Trig and cairn on Pen Cerrig-calch by Jeremy Bolwell — by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)

SO2122 : Pen Cerrig-calch by Charles Fryett — by Charles Fryett
©2008(licence)

SO2122 : Trig point, Pen Cerrig-calch by Philip Halling — by Philip Halling
©2011(licence)

SO2122 : Pen Cerrig Calch by Alan Richards — by Alan Richards
©2015(licence)

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