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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maesnant CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.78 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llanwrtyd wells Nearest Village: Abergwesyn
Map Ref: SN83915771
Latitude: 52.205350N Longitude: 3.700242W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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High in the Cambrian Mountains, beside a tributary stream of the River Irfon, a Bronze Age Cairn about 15' across, with little to be seen above ground level. A cairn of earth and large stones. Hard to identify without GPS.
Coflein site no. 268447
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