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Glamorgan Prehistoric Sites

Carn Bugail - Tinkinswood



  Carn Bugail
  
Carn Bugail

A roughly circular cairn of 51-54 feet in diameter adorns the top of Cefn Gelligaer. A damaged burial cist is in the centre of the cairn.
Deri, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 3.5 m NW Deri on minor roads
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OS Grid SO100 036
Photo Credit: John Lord, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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  Carn Llechart
  
Carn Llechart

A ring cairn composed of 25 stones canted outward at an angle, surrounding a central burial cist.
Rhyd-y-Fro, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 1 m NW Rhyd-y-Fro
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OS Grid SN697 063
Photo Credit: Nigel Davies, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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  Mynydd Y Gelli (Welsh Stonehenge)
  

A bit of a mish-mash of small, scattered stones in a rough circle of 30 feet diameter within a low embankment.
Gelli, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: off B4223
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OS Grid SS975 942
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  Parc le Breos Burial Chamber
  
Parc le Breos Burial Chamber

A Neolithic long cairn of the type known as Cotswold-Severn, Parc le Breos takes its name from the huge medieval deer park in which it stands. The tomb is wedge-shaped, aligned on a north-south axis. It is 22 metres long and measures 13 metres wide at the forecourt end, tapering to 6 metres wide at the northern tip.
Parkmill, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: In Parc le Breos Woods, off the A4118 at Parkmill
Website: Parc le Breos Burial Chamber
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OS Grid SS537898
Photo Credit: John Duckfield, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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  St Lythans Burial Chamber
  
St Lythans Burial Chamber

A striking chambered tomb of unusual height, in the style known as Cotswold-Severn. The capstone measures 14 feet long x 10 feet wide. It would have been originally covered by a cairn of stones or earth. The tomb was built sometime around 4000 BCE, and is located close to the well-known Tinkinswood chambered tomb.
Caint Lythans Road, St. Nicholas, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 2 miles south of St Nicholas
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OS Grid ST101 723
Photo Credit: Robin Drayton, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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  Tinkinswood
  
Tinkinswood

One of the best-preserved chambered cairns in Britain, topped by the largest capstone (15 x 24 feet and 40 tons in weight). The cairn is wedge-shaped, though the actual chamber is rectangular. The tomb is fronted by a forecourt of drystone walls. Within the chamber were found bones from at least 40 people buried duing the Neolithic period. It seems likely that the cairn was used for ceremonial purposes right through the Bronze Age.
St. Nicholas, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales

Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 1 m S St. Nicholas
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OS Grid ST092 733
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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