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Submitted by sem on Sunday, 12 September 2010 Page Views: 3345

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Banwen Gwys 2
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.902 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Glyntawe
Map Ref: SN7977318259
Latitude: 51.849938N Longitude: 3.746877W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

1 Accuracy:

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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**Banwen Gwys 2** submitted by sem : Looking NE towards a mid-summer sunrise. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This is the more southerly of the 2 cairns and again is Bronze Age and much disturbed.

Coflein NPRN is 408294.

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