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Elan Valley · Archaeological Archive

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293 records

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Craig Llysiau Stone Pile I
Stone Pile / Possible Cairn

Craig Llysiau Stone Pile I

Period: Not recorded
OS grid: SN88692 61185

Craig Llysiau Stone Pile I, looks like a cairn, 3m in diameter

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Crugiau Bach Cairn IV
Round Barrow Cairn

Crugiau Bach Cairn IV

Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN93089 62428

Crugiau Bach Cairn IV, a small cairn at the edge of a possible peat cutting, hidden in the rushes, 1.5m in diameter

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Crugiau Bach Cairn VIII
Round barrow Cairn

Crugiau Bach Cairn VIII

Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN93021 62392

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Round barrow cairn

crugyn gwyddel cairn

Period: bronze age
OS grid: SN91975 68779

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Cwm Yr Esgob Stone Scatter
archaeolgical feature

Cwm Yr Esgob Stone Scatter

Period: Prehistoric
OS grid: SN93756 65334

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Domen Milwyn Cairn
cairn

Domen Milwyn Cairn

Period: bronze age
OS grid: SN80832 71965

Domen Milwyn Cairn and Stone Spread, modern cairn built on possible Bronze Age cairn. 4 meters in diameter,

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Drygarn Fawr Cairn East
Round barrow cairn

Drygarn Fawr Cairn East

Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN86750 58580

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Drygarn Fawr Cairn west
Round barrow cairn

Drygarn Fawr Cairn west

Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN86310 58460

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