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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cae'rarfau - Chambered Tomb in Wales in Mid Glamorgan

Submitted by hamish on Tuesday, 19 September 2006  Page Views: 13837

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cae'rarfau
Country: Wales County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Caerphilly  Nearest Village: Creigiau
Map Ref: ST0772582144
Latitude: 51.530637N  Longitude: 3.33164W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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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SolarMegalith visited on 8th Nov 2006 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

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Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by hamish : In the garden of Cae'rarfau House near Creigiau. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Mid Glamorgan. This little gem is in the garden of Cae'rarfau House. The owner Sandra is pleased to show you the Tomb. Please ask at the house.

0.75 km Northwest of Creigiau, Mid Glamorgan. A small, damaged chamber 2m by 2m stands against a field wall that partly supports it. No traces of a mound are now visible but apparently the chamber once stood at the Northern end of a long mound (Lukis, 1875).

The side slabs of this chamber are small, irregularly shaped and converge toward the entrance, making recovery of an axis azimuth very difficult. It is orientated very close to due North and faces a low hill near Upper Church Village 4.8 km away. The elevation of 1°.3 gives a declination of +39°.4. This is well outside the range of the Sun or Moon and since the declination is greater than the co-latitude of the site (38°.47) the stars in this direction are circumpolar, although no bright stars are indicated.

There is some more information and a photo on Martin Powell's site.
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Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by Bladup : Cae'rarfau [Creigiau] burial chamber from the front, It's a wall just behind the chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by brianatbeili : Christmas card based on Cae'rarfau (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by hamish : In the garden of Cae'rarfau House near Creigiau. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cae'rarfau submitted by hamish : This is in the garden of Cae'rarfau House near Creigiau. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cae'rarfau submitted by Bladup : Cae'rarfau [Creigiau] burial chamber looking in.

Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by Bladup : Cae'rarfau [Creigiau] burial chamber from the side.

Cae'rarfau
Cae'rarfau submitted by SolarMegalith : Very nice burial chamber, almost fully covered with climbers. It must have been covered with a barrow, but there are no visible remains of it any more as the whole area is a garden now.

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Re: Cae'rarfau by sem on Tuesday, 30 May 2017
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OS grid ref (Archwilio) ST0772582144 [updated, thank you]
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Re: Cae'rarfau by coldrum on Sunday, 04 December 2011
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Just a thought but as Tinkinswood and St Lythans have recently been excavated how about a community project involving this site.
It would be interesting to find out a bit more about this monument.
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Re: Cae'rarfau by coldrum on Sunday, 04 December 2011
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For access contact CADW. I've been informed that they will contact the house owner.

http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en
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Re: Cae'rarfau by PAB on Friday, 15 October 2010
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Thanks Coldrum: I planned on looking round this area next week, so read your comment with extra interest. I notice that Streetview shows a public footpath sign at the entrance to the property as well as the CADW one, and see from earlier posts that the owner is reported as being happy to give access Is the public right of way blocked at the moment then?
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Re: Cae'rarfau by coldrum on Friday, 15 October 2010
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Have been in touch with CADW about access to this site. This is their reply:

"thank you for your enquiry to Cadw regarding the scheduled ancient monument Cae-yr-Arfau Burial Chamber (GM030). Although the site is scheduled it is in private ownership and lies within a private garden, so not owned by Cadw. Any access to the site would therefore need to be arranged through the owners (due to the Data Protection Act 1998 I am unable to supply the name and address of the owners to you)."


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Re: Cae'rarfau by coldrum on Monday, 11 October 2010
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There is a sign pointing in the direction of this site but the gates of the house were locked. I noticed this when passing the area so haven't managed to visit it.

Coflein site entry:

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93016/details/CAE-YR-ARFAU%3B+CAE%27RARFAU+BURIAL+CHAMBER/

Image from 1978

http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/creigiau_stfagans/index.shtml


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Re: Cae'rarfau by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
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A super find Hamish. Thanks for this. I must have passed nearby many times.
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    Re: Cae'rarfau by hamish on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
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    Thanks Martin.
    Just go to the house and ask, Sandra is happy to show it to you. She will also show you her wonderful garden.
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    Re: Cae'rarfau by AngieLake on Saturday, 23 September 2006
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    Thanks Hamish. If only I'd known in July, when I was at a friend's son's wedding reception in the centre of Creigiau village.......!!!
    I probably passed there the day before, when I got lost!!!!
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