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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Twm Barlwm Round Cairn
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Newport
Map Ref: ST244927  Landranger Map Number: 171
Latitude: 51.628015N  Longitude: 3.09358W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 no data 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
 3
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Twm Barlwm Round Cairn
Twm Barlwm Round Cairn submitted by Bladup : Twm Barlwm Round Cairn, Found right next to the far more modern Motte [It's probably built on a barrow though]. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST2492 : Twmbarlwm Hill Fort by John Thorn
by John Thorn
©2005(licence)
ST2492 : Twmbarlwm by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2015(licence)
ST2492 : Close up of Hill Fort, on Twmbarlwm by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2007(licence)
ST2492 : Twmbarlwm fort by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2010(licence)
ST2492 : Heading northeast towards Castle Mound on Twmbarlwm above Risca by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2024(licence)

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 223m WSW 243° Twm Barlwm* Hillfort (ST24209260)
 698m E 89° Mynydd Henllys* Barrow Cemetery (ST251927)
 921m SE 139° Henllys Complex Barrow Cemetery (ST2592)
 1.9km SE 145° Rogerstone 1 Round Barrow(s) (ST255911)
 2.0km SSE 162° Rogerstone 2 Round Barrow(s) (ST250908)
 2.5km SSE 147° Risca Round Cairn (ST257906)
 3.4km SW 216° Begwns Cairn (ST22379000)
 3.8km S 185° Twyn Pant-Teg Round Barrow(s) (ST240889)
 3.9km S 186° Twyn Pant-Teg Cairn (ST239888)
 4.1km ENE 57° Green Meadow Woods Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST27859489)
 5.2km WNW 281° Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn)* Artificial Mound (ST193938)
 5.4km SSE 157° Rhiwderin Camp Hillfort (ST264877)
 5.9km SSE 164° Rhiwderin (Newport) Rock Art (ST260870)
 6.1km SSE 153° Bassaleg* Standing Stones (ST2709487274)
 6.4km WSW 250° Twyn-Yr-Oerfel A* Round Barrow(s) (ST18399058)
 6.5km SSE 167° Croes-Carn-Einion Hillfort (ST258863)
 6.6km WSW 251° Twyn-Yr-Oerfel B* Round Barrow(s) (ST18109068)
 7.1km W 259° Twyn Cae-Hugh* Round Barrow(s) (ST17379149)
 7.2km SSE 155° Coed Ffynnon-Oer Hillfort (ST273861)
 7.3km W 263° Pont Bren Gwyn Ring Cairn (ST17089194)
 7.4km W 268° Mynydd Bach Cairn 2* Round Barrow(s) (ST17019259)
 7.4km W 278° Stone near Tyle-Gwyn, Wyllie Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST17069386)
 7.5km E 91° Malthouse Lane Motte* Artificial Mound (ST31899249)
 7.5km SE 141° Tredegar Hillfort* Hillfort (ST290868)
 7.6km W 264° Mynydd Bach Cairnfield Cairn (ST16799200)
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Re: Twm Barlwm Round Cairn by coldrum on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/307849/details/TWMBARLWM%2C+CAIRN/
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Re: Twm Barlwm Round Cairn by Anonymous on Monday, 21 January 2008
As a teenager in the 1940's I often climbed to Twm Barlwm from nearby Cwmcarn. Local gossip had it that it was a warning beacon dating from the Napoleonic Wars but I have always thought that it was of Iron Age origin.
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