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Bryn Celli Ddu
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bryn Celli Ddu submitted by Humbucker on 23rd May 2022. The replica carved standing stone at the rear entrance to Bryn Celli Ddu.
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Log Text: i got to the car park fairly early so managed to get an hour at the site by myself which was lovely.
a woman turned up and started walking round and round looking very serious and superior.
Then some German tourists turned up, had not researched their visit and flew their drone around high and then right down low over us. Really irritating. I was fairly abrupt to them in a very anglosaxon manner. this amused the walking around woman.
At least ask people if they mind being filmed not just film them without asking. very rude and against drone guidance. It's a CADW listed site so has a no drone policy. I could have brought my drone and got some great shots. it seems it is old fashioned to be polite.
so. mixed feelings on the site. great site. and most visitors are respectful.
Cae Coch
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cae Coch submitted by TimPrevett on 9th Apr 2004. A composite of the spectacular back drop to the south west of Cae Coch standing stone, a short walk from the Rowen Youth Hostel, along with numerous other ancient monuments.
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Log Text: another grand cefn coch southside stone orientated north south
Maen Crwn
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Maen Crwn submitted by stu on 16th Oct 2002. Nice standing stone in field outside Red Farm.
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Log Text: another stone orientated north south
Caer Bach
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Caer Bach submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Aug 2004. A view down on to Caer Bach, showing its prominent place above the Conwy Valley.
This is taken ascending Tal y Fan mountain.
There is a conspicuously white stone just left of centre; this stone is very large, and of different character than the other stones.
In the valley below within the picture (but not visible) is the Roman port and fort of Canovium - an essential link in their North Wales strongholds.
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Log Text: middling sized hill camp. steep hill to SE with bank and ditch uphill to the NW. the entrance seems to be from the south, curving into a flat area in the SE separate from the main camp. at the top can be seen large rounded boulders of the inner ramparts. it commands extensive views over the Conwy river.
Siambr Gladdu Caer Bach
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 2
Siambr Gladdu Caer Bach submitted by SteCymru14 on 13th Aug 2019. Edrych tuag at y safle. Fel y dywedais yn y disgrifiad, mae’r maen capan yn enfawr (wrth gymharu â safleoedd eraill tebyg yn yr ardal hon) ac mae’r pridd naturiol yn dal i’w weld yn ei le gwreiddiol.
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Log Text: hard to discern if this is natural or man made or a bit of both. its a very small 'chamber'
Caerhun Chambered Tomb
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Caerhun Chambered Tomb submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Jul 2004. The view west - notice the curve of stones in front of the chamber; Maen y Bardd visible to the far left.
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Log Text: a chambered tomb, open to the NE. large capstone and supports, with one area without an upright has drystone wall instead. to the rear of the capstone is another large stone-looks like a collapsed capstone half in the ground. so i'm thinking this has two chambers.
Maen y bardd
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Maen y bardd submitted by Postman on 26th Jul 2015. Autumn equinox 2007
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Log Text: a chamber directed SE over the valley. massive capstone and a large rear stone. it is incorporated into a modern era wall, which has taken a lot of the stone from the original tomb probably
Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Conwy)
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Conwy) submitted by stu on 16th Oct 2002. Near the path by the Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen stones, is this large cairn. The long grass in the right of the photo has the remaining stones of the chamber.
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Log Text: None
Bwlch y Ddeufaen S
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bwlch y Ddeufaen S submitted by Supersequin on 15th Mar 2025. This is the stone to the left of the path as you travel from Rowen.
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Log Text: a very stately monolith about 8 foot high
Bwlch y Ddeufaen N
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bwlch y Ddeufaen N submitted by Supersequin on 15th Mar 2025. View looking south in which the pylon is clearly visible.
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Log Text: not far from the car park at end of road (very small single track)
Red Farm
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Red Farm submitted by postman on 24th Nov 2012. Looking over the remnants of Red Farm stone circle to Maen Crwn
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Log Text: didn't look much from the track, but closer it was more convincing. on a small level plateau which is common site
Cefn Coch (Penmaenmawr)
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cefn Coch (Penmaenmawr) submitted by LivingRocks on 26th Apr 2005. Cefn Coch as seen when coming over the ridge from Monument 280.
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Log Text: not as grand as its larger neighbour, but a good example nonetheless
Monument 280
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Monument 280 submitted by nigeynoo on 21st May 2018. Monument 280 taken May 20 on a very peaceful afternoon
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Log Text: a clump of rounded stones. not quite sure what this is, but it looks related to the two banked rings
Druids Circle (Penmaenmawr)
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Druids Circle (Penmaenmawr) submitted by nigeynoo on 24th Apr 2018. The magical Druids Circle taken at night with the Milky Way, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter
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Log Text: A lovely banked stone ring, near another smaller one and a stone 'something'. great views over to Orme head.
Great Orme Mine
Date Added: 5th Jun 2025
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Great Orme Mine submitted by raythemapman on 16th Apr 2009. Site in Conwy (Bwrdeistref Sirol) Wales: Side passage with Malachite Ore in the rock. 10/04/09
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Log Text: a great way to see how people mined copper in the Bronze age. they used fire to break the rock, and must have been expert at ventilation. they also smelted it on site.
Lletty'r Filiast
Date Added: 5th Jun 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lletty'r Filiast submitted by stu on 14th Oct 2002. Near to the Grt Orme Mine, at the end of Cromlech Road.
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Log Text: the stone cromlech sits at the SE end of a large oval mound about 50m long. the monument is the whole thing, not just the stones at the end
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 22nd May 2025
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 1972. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Silbury Hill submitted by MikeyB on 26th Nov 2012. Reflections of Silbury Hill
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Log Text: in the ignorance and folly of youth i was just a passenger in a car passing, betwixt music festivals. we stopped. this was before any fences. I attempted to climb the gradient, and managed about 10 feet. it seemed very precipitous. No-one laughed at my failure to scale the slope as they had attempted nothing. i have no idea who i was with, where i had come from and where i was going. ay. viva la 1971
Moel Ty Uchaf
Date Added: 17th May 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Denbighshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Moel Ty Uchaf submitted by DJMace on 9th Nov 2020. Very nice example of a cairn circle in a spectacular location and well worth the hike. A straight walk up the hill along a rough track after passing through two metal gates. Continue on up and the circle is on left hand side. You won't be disappointed.
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Log Text: Lovely ring cairn with stunning long distance views to nww Fader Goch? and to nee .
On a hill about half way up to the peak at Cader Bronwen on the north west slope.
41 stones from 1 foot to 2.5 ft high. Two gaps with small stones in them maybe had larger ones in once.
The large (fallen?) outlier is to the south west? not ne
A slow slog for an old un from Llandrillo but a great walk -saw some small bouncy deer (maybe muntjac).
Badbury Rings
Date Added: 15th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 1971. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Badbury Rings submitted by croppy on 20th Aug 2015. Badbury Rings August 2015
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Log Text: None
South Cadbury Castle
Date Added: 15th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 1972. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
South Cadbury Castle submitted by PaulH on 12th Mar 2003. South Cadbury Hill fort, Somerset.
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Mature trees cling to the steep hillsides.
Scanned photo from c1995
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Log Text: a great view over somerset levels