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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Gwernvale or Crickhowell Chambered Long Barrow (Powys SO 211 192).
The stark remains of this neolithic chambered cairn are unfortunately sited within feet of the busy A40, alterations to which have seriously damaged the monument. Gwernvale was constructed on the site of an earlier neolithic settlement and, although only eight slabs of a polygonal chamber are now visible, excavation has shown that Gwernvale belongs to the Cotswold-Severn class of long barrow: it had a horned forecourt and false portal stone to the east and three lateral chambers, two entered from the south side, one from the north with a fourth chamber, or cist, at the western end of the cairn.
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