<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Caca Cairn - Ring Cairn in Wales in West Glamorgan
Submitted by sem on Thursday, 01 May 2008 Page Views: 7507
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Caca CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.386 km away from the location you searched for.
County: West Glamorgan Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Neath Nearest Village: Resolven
Map Ref: SN82230077
Latitude: 51.693288N Longitude: 3.705287W
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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Though difficult to find (and photograph) because of the vegetation, this ring cairn seems remarkably intact. It reminded me of of nearby Carn Llechart except that it has a stone lined earth-ring embankment, evidence that there was never an earth mound here.
Expect a hard climb to find it.
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