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<< Our Photo Pages >> Twyn-Y-Beddau - Round Barrow(s) in Wales in Powys

Submitted by baz on Tuesday, 03 August 2021  Page Views: 10576

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Twyn-Y-Beddau
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Hay-on-Wye
Map Ref: SO2414838610  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 52.040679N  Longitude: 3.107299W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 5 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
 5

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Anne T visited on 12th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Twyn-y-Beddau: This round barrow is right next to the road, although with the twin tyre tracks leading up and over it, it could be mistaken for part of a 4 x 4 obstacle course, which some idiots presumably have been using it for, hence the stones placed on top. A lovely evening, with paragliders attempting to set up their kites and take off from just to the south of the barrow, although there wasn't enough wind to enable them to take off. Quite a few cars passed by, but no-one (apart from us), stopped to look at the barrow. A beautiful view to the west, as the land just drops down, with mountains (big hills, certainly) rising to the south and the east. Well worth a stop.

SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 It's better to access the site from the North (Hay-on-Wye), I have driven from the South and got lost, fortunately managed to find the way to the site.

MercuryMars TheCaptain have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 5

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Anne T : Standing directly north of the barrow, looking south, towards the remains of the Blaenau stone circle, still some way further south. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Twyn-Y-Beddau round barrow lies near the mountain road leading up from Hay-on-Wye towards the Black Mountains (Grid Ref. SO 24148 38612). Five separate burial sites have been found within this barrow. The stones on top are modern, to stop people driving over the barrow.
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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Energyman : I see someone is attempting to stop the 4 wheel morons by placing large stones on the top. They actually help the ambience I think! This was taken 27/12/16 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Anne T : Standing some way to the east of the barrow, trying to capture how the barrow not only sits proudly on the sky-line, but also how the land drops away beyond the road (and not quite succeeding at the latter!). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Anne T : So sad that people would treat an ancient monument like this, and drive straight over it. The tyre tracks would seem to indicate some recent activity, although the stones on top of the barrow are well bedded in. Perhaps just very deep impression in the ground which have yet to fill in. At the time of our visit, some paragliders were up on the plateau (centre/centre-left of the photo), altho... (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Anne T : Standing on the side of the road, looking north over the barrow. The stones are to stop people driving over the barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by Energyman : This small stone is interesting. It is at 52040708, -3.106825 to 6m accuracy. I think the Equinox sun would have set over the barrow from this stone, or the shadow of the barrow would touch the stone at this time. (The bearing of the barrow from this stone is 258 degrees true). The orientation along the spine of the stone is 238 true, which is in line with a Minor Lunar Standstill on the horiz... (2 comments)

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : A plan from the excavation report published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1872. Taken from the Prehistoric Monuments pull-out green field guide in the centre of 'Prehistoric Peoples their life and legacy', a Brecon Beacons National Park paperback publication of 1996.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : At this angle the two smaller stones would be visible in alignment from this poss original stone/ or modern marker? Maybe someone knows?

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : This is the stone across the road from the two small ones. It has a route marker on it, so may or may not be original.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : Looking approx W-NW across the valley.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : These two small stones are near Twyn Y Beddau. On the opposite side of the road is a single stone that might have been original, or placed as a marker. (Below the mountains). Pic to follow.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : Jackie looking at the two apparently broken stones with Hay Bluff in background.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by AngieLake : We came across two small stones near Twyn-Y-Beddau that looked like the remains of a megalithic site.

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Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by SolarMegalith : Twyn-Y-Beddau round barrow - view from the south (photo taken on July 2008). (1 comment)

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Twyn-y-Beddau submitted by TheCaptain : Twyn-y-Beddau, Round Barrow, Powys, SO241386 Seen here from the south, this once nice round barrow has the obligatory depressions in the top and various other lumps and bumps from attempts to rob or excavate it. Unfortunately, it has now become used by the 4 wheel drive morons to drive over. The whole barrow and surrounding area is now badly scarred with wheel marks and ruts.

Twyn-Y-Beddau
Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by TheCaptain : Twyn-y-Beddau, Round Barrow, Powys, SO241386 Seen here from the north, this once nice round barrow has the obligatory depressions in the top and various other lumps and bumps from attempts to rob or excavate it. Unfortunately, it has now become used by the 4 wheel drive morons to drive over. The whole barrow and surrounding area is now badly scarred with wheel marks and ruts.

Twyn-y-Beddau
Twyn-y-Beddau submitted by TheCaptain : Twyn-y-Beddau, Round Barrow, Powys, SO241386 Seen here from the southwest, this once nice round barrow has the obligatory depressions in the top and various other lumps and bumps from attempts to rob or excavate it. Unfortunately, it has now become used by the 4 wheel drive morons to drive over.

Twyn-Y-Beddau
Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by baz : Twyn-Y-Beddau round barrow. On the mountain road leading up from Hay-on-Wye towards the Black Mountains (Grid Ref. SO 24148 38612). Five separate burial sites have been found within this barrow.

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Re: Twyn-Y-Beddau location by Energyman on Wednesday, 28 December 2016
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I made the location 52.040678n, 3.107295w, to + or - 6m accuracy
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Re: Twyn-Y-Beddau by TheCaptain on Thursday, 23 January 2014
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see here on streetview

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Re: Twyn-Y-Beddau's History by AngieLake on Saturday, 23 July 2011
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Taken from 'Prehistoric Peoples their life and legacy', a paperback publication by Brecon Beacons National Park, 1996:

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"Twyn y Beddau SO 2414 3860

This is on common land adjacent to the road from Hay to Gospel Pass. Access is good, by narrow lanes from Hay. Blaenau stone circle is 1.3km further south.

An earthen round barrow rather than a cairn, this site was partially excavated in May 1871. The backfilled trenches can still be made out, one running north-east to south-west across the middle of the mound and the other running from the centre of the mound north-west towards the road. Five separate burial deposits were recorded during the excavation. Two were within what are described in the report as 'stone-lined cells covered with large stone slabs up to four foot long by three foot across'. Human remains found within all five 'cells' were recorded as cremated. The size of the covering stones on two of the cells, however, may suggest inhumation burials, the remains of which would have been fragmentary or completely dissolved by the acid soils. Finds during the excavation included flint artifacts and slate whetstone.

The cairn now measures 19m in diameter and 1.5m high. It has been emphasised by the ploughing of the surrounding land for potato growing during the second world war.

About 100m up the road to the south-south-east, on the opposite side, can be seen another low mound about 9m in diameter and 0.2m high, with a number of stones visible in the surface. This is probably another barrow that has been ploughed down over the years."
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Re: Twyn-Y-Beddau by TheCaptain on Monday, 17 May 2004
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Twyn-y-Beddau, Round Barrow in Powys, SO241386
Visited Sunday, 2nd May 2004

Marked clearly on the OS map, the remains of this barrow can be found right beside the little lane which takes you north from the Gospel Pass towards Hay on Wye.

This once nice round barrow has the obligatory depressions in the top and various other lumps and depressions from attempts to rob or excavate it. Unfortunately, it has now become used by the 4 wheel drive morons to drive over, presumably for some mindless fun and to test their vehicles power, to see how far they can jump off the top. The whole barrow and surrounding area is now badly scarred with wheel marks and ruts.
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