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Mynnydd y Gaer
Date Added: 18th Feb 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2013
Mynnydd y Gaer submitted by sem on 4th Sep 2013. Site in Mid Glamorgan Wales
Mynydd y Gaer
Two round barrows infested by midges. The little buggers even managed to get themselves in on the pic.
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Llanharan Beacons
Date Added: 18th Feb 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 27th Dec 2013
Llanharan Beacons submitted by sem on 27th Dec 2013.
Llanharan Beacons
One of a heavily overgrown pair of cairns, this is the westerly one.
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Mynydd Meiros Cairn
Date Added: 18th Feb 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 27th Dec 2013
Mynydd Meiros Cairn submitted by sem on 27th Dec 2013.
Mynydd Meiros Cairn.
Meiros could derive from the Welsh meirw, thus meaning Mountain of the Dead.
To the right can be seen another structure which appears to have gone unnoticed by the archaeos.
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Garn Lwyd
Date Added: 20th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2017
Garn Lwyd submitted by sem on 4th Jun 2017. It's a bit bleak up here.
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Ffon-y-Cawr
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2004
Ffon-y-Cawr submitted by sem on 9th Apr 2004. The giant's spear missed the dog's kennel (the stones in the background) and nearly decapitated this modern day searcher after the truth of the stones.Photographers beware.
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Great Orme Mine
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2004
Great Orme Mine submitted by sem on 11th Apr 2004. The Great Orme copper mine dates back to the Bronze Age.It has been estimated that Bronze Age man mined enough copper to produce over 10 million bronze axes.
This is the opencast section.
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Lletty'r Filiast
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2004
Lletty'r Filiast submitted by sem on 12th Apr 2004. This Neolithic burial chamber lies about 200yds from the Great Orme mine.
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Maen y bardd
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2004
Maen y bardd submitted by sem on 12th Apr 2004. The poet's stone. Legend has it that a giant's dog took shelter in here and the giant threw a stick at him which landed a few yards away.This is now a stone called Ffon yr Gawr (the giant's stick).
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Meini Gwyr
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Henge
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Feb 2004
Meini Gwyr submitted by sem on 29th Feb 2004. One of the two stones still standing that formed a burial chamber. Many fallen ones litter the field and hedges, showing the site to have been very substantial.
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Twlc y Filiast
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 2004
Twlc y Filiast submitted by sem on 20th Nov 2004. This translates as "The pigsty of the greyhound". Many chambered tombs in Wales have names that refer to greyhounds or kennels.
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Bannau Sir Gaer
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2005
Bannau Sir Gaer submitted by sem on 6th Mar 2005. It's cold and windy here, from which I conclude that Neolithic man did not carry out his ceremonies naked (unless he was made of sterner stuff than me).
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Mynydd Myddfai Stones
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2005
Mynydd Myddfai Stones submitted by sem on 21st May 2005. This is the stone standing nearest the track. However it cannot be seen from there so a GPS or a good deal of luck is required to find it.
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Pen Caenewydd Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2005
Pen Caenewydd Cairn submitted by sem on 21st May 2005. Pen Caenewydd sits on the open moorland to the west of Usk Reservoir. A stout pair of boots and waterproofs are recommended for a visit.
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Carn Besi
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2005
Carn Besi submitted by sem on 31st Dec 2005. Also known as Dolwilim Dolmen, this rather unimpressive tomb stands by the side of the A478.
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Castell Twby
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2006
Castell Twby submitted by sem on 12th Aug 2006.
Castell Twby is only a short walk from the nearby road. It is situated close to a complete Bronze Age landscape that includes a burial chamber, a number of cairns and a field system.
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Mynydd Llangynderyrn Burial Chambers
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2006
Mynydd Llangynderyrn Burial Chambers submitted by sem on 12th Aug 2006. The eastern chamber.
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Morfa Bychan
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2006
Morfa Bychan submitted by sem on 21st Aug 2006. Only the uprights remain from this chamber, but there are many candidates for the capstone lying nearby.
This site is very reminiscent of King's Quoit in nearby Manorbier with a line of stones, in this case natural, behind the chamber.
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Carnau'r Garreg Las
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2010
Carnau'r Garreg Las submitted by sem on 17th Aug 2010. From a distance the twin cairns resemble the double peak of Pen y Fan, which is not visible from this area.
Could this have been intentional?
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Carn Pen-y-Clogau
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2010
Carn Pen-y-Clogau submitted by sem on 19th Aug 2010. Looking East to the cairn.
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Garreg Lwyd Marker Stone
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2010
Garreg Lwyd Marker Stone submitted by sem on 19th Aug 2010. This erratic appears to have been raised on smaller boulders and it's long axis aligned with Garreg Lwyd and Carn Pen-y-Clogau.
A good example of a "secret sign".
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