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<< County Introductions >> Introduction to West Glamorgan

Submitted by enkidu41 on Monday, 09 August 2004  Page Views: 5804

Multi-periodCountry: Wales County: West Glamorgan
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Maen Ceti
Maen Ceti submitted by enkidu41 : SS 4913 9055 Also known as Arthur's Stone this double chambered neolithic cairn on the Gower has a 30 ton natural boulder as a capstone which has now split into three. (Vote or comment on this photo)
As a county West Glamorgan had only a brief 22 year existence. Created in 1974 from portions of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire it was then reorganized in 1996 into the unitary authorities of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot. For simplicity we still list sites from these ares here.

The area covers about 315 square miles and, as befits its name (Glamorgan, welsh morgannwyg, means Morgan’s shore), is a maritime area bounded on the south by the Bristol Channel and on the west by Carmarthen Bay. It is an area rich in prehistoric sites and includes the 20 km limestone peninsula of the Gower, designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Finds relating to the presence of man in the area date back to the Early Upper Palaeolithic – 36,000 to 25,000 BCE. There are around 22 caves scattered around the Gower which show traces of occupation from this period the most famous being the Goat’s or Paviland Cave near Port Eynon.

From the Neolithic period there some 14 or so megalithic tombs principally of the Severn-Cotswold construction ( e.g. Parc-le-Breos) although there are few portal dolmens (e.g. Sweynes Howe N). There are no surviving true stone circles in the area but there are many standing stones and round and ring cairns from the Bronze Age. The Iron Age is represented principally by the many hillforts, mostly of small to medium size.

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