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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cefn Brafle
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Whitland  Nearest Village: Cross Hands
Map Ref: SN196229  Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.875413N  Longitude: 4.622079W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Cefn Brafle
Cefn Brafle submitted by Mirrorworld : Carmarthenshire, Wales. Sn196229. Cefn Brafle or Crosshands standing stones. Two large stones in garden have now been cleaned of ivy. Photograph taken Monday 27th August 2007. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Carmarthenshire

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Cefn Brafle
Cefn Brafle submitted by Bladup : Cefn Brafle standing stones, Two erect monoliths, 1.9m and 1.4m high, with a third prostrate stone nearby 1.8m long, sited close by a group of burial mounds, These stones are suggested to have been the remains of a burial chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefn Brafle
Cefn Brafle submitted by Bladup : The nearby Crosshands barrow at SN19422301, It's almost ploughed out and is 16 m diameter and O.5 m high, You can see it better in the flesh but you can just make it out in this photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefn Brafle
Cefn Brafle submitted by Bladup : Cefn Brafle standing stones, Two erect monoliths, 1.9m and 1.4m high, with a third prostrate stone nearby 1.8m long, sited close by a group of burial mounds, These stones are suggested to have been the remains of a burial chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SN1922 : Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water reservoir at Crosshands by Jeremy Bolwell
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SN1922 : Cross Hands by Alan Richards
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SN1923 : Agosau at gyffordd  Approaching a junction by Alan Richards
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Re: Cefn Brafle by coldrum on Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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