<< Our Photo Pages >> Caer-Dyni - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Wales in Gwynedd
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Caer-DyniCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Porthmadog Nearest Village: Criccieth
Map Ref: SH51103821
Latitude: 52.920606N Longitude: 4.216204W
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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elad13 visited on 20th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
bishop_pam visited on 3rd Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
cactus_chris visited on 30th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
effervescentaardvark visited on 21st Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Found this easily. Parked in the layby just outside of Criccieth (to the East). Marked footbaoth on the left just a little way down the road. The path goes steeply downhill for a short way into a field, then take the path up to the left. A lovely location, overlooking the bay towards Criccieth castle in the background.
BarringtonSteele visited on 10th Oct 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
DrewParsons TimPrevett hamish have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.83 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.67
The stone that still supports the capstone appears to be a different rock type from the rest, like a coarse sandstone.
Additional Information submitted by Drew Parsons September 2010:
The Clifton Antiquarian Club surveyed the site in 2006 and found 13 cupmarks on one of the supporting stones. This supports comments made by other visitors to the site since then. In 2010 the site was cleared and had a very pleasant aspect with views towards the hills, coast and castle. It appears to be an earthfast type burial chamber. Access is via a footpath 100 metres back down the road towards Criccieth from the car park just to the east of the town. Beware signs state that thieves operate in this area.
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