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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cefn-y-Gader cairn 1Country: Wales County: Denbighshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llangollen Nearest Village: Minera
Map Ref: SJ241492
Latitude: 53.034672N Longitude: 3.133317W
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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This is also the only decent cairn on the hillside, all the others are grassy heather covered mounds but this one is still stoney and large. No sign of a cist, but in places around the cairn are slight hints of kerbing. Why they didn't build it on top of the hill I don't know, much wider views would be had if they had, instead its kind of hidden away looking into the hills. The nearby Cefn y Cist can be seen on the skyline to the south south east, despite its name no cist is visible.
Park by the roadside Cefn y Gader and walk across the heather covered moor, in a south southeast direction, hopefully following the border between Denbighshire and Wrexhamshire . Just make for the top of the gentle hill and once at the top you'll spot the cairn on the other side.
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