<< Our Photo Pages >> Corndon Hill 1 - Cairn in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corndon Hill 1Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bishops Castle Nearest Village: White Grit
Map Ref: SO30449666
Latitude: 52.563305N Longitude: 3.027594W
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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w650marion visited on 7th Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Second cain in the cairns walk. Time spent hunting the barrow 10 meters to the north and the ring cairn 7 meters to the ESEast. Then 20 meters SSE to the medieval building (listed on MP as Corndon 8)
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