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Esgair Penygarreg Area

The area to the east of Craig Goch Dam. Map Ref: SN920 690

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This page includes Tre-Hesglog / Nant y Llyn Stone Row, Tre Heslog Cist, Banc Trehesglog Cairn, Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb, Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row, Briddell Felen Standing Stone, Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn, and a newly found cairn.

Tre-Hesglog / Nant y Llyn Stone Row

Tre-Hesglog / Nant y Llyn Stone Row. Three upright stones in a row, 5.7m in length, directly aligned with Maen Serth Standing Stone.
Map Ref: SN9310 6892

Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 1
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 2
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 3
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 4
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 5
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 6
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 7
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 8
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 9
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 10
Tre-Hesglog Stone Row photo 11

Tre Heslog Cist

Tre Heslog Cist, Bronze Age cist, 1.2m x 0.6m.
Map Ref: SN9312 6895

Tre Heslog Cist photo 1
Tre Heslog Cist photo 2
Tre Heslog Cist photo 3
Tre Heslog Cist photo 4

Banc Trehesglog Cairn

Banc Trehesglog Cairn.
Map Ref: SN93634 69094

Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 1
Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 2
Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 3
Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 4
Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 5
Banc Trehesglog Cairn photo 6

Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb

Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb, with one upright stone, a displaced capstone and two fallen uprights.
Map Ref: SN932 695

Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb photo 1
Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb photo 2
Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb photo 3
Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb photo 4
Briddell Felen Chambered Tomb photo 5

Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row

Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row, with only 2 out of 3 stones visible.
Map Ref: SN91445 68075

Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row photo 1
Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row photo 2
Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row photo 3
Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row photo 4
Esgair Penygarreg Stone Row photo 5

Briddell Felen Standing Stone

Briddell Felen Standing Stone, an early Bronze Age ritual monument. 1.5m high and 2m wide.
Map Ref: SN932 697

Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 1
Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 2
Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 3
Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 4
Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 5
Briddell Felen Standing Stone photo 6

Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn

Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn, “Small cairn of the Irish person”. 4m in diameter with a possible original cairn base of 8m.
Map Ref: SN91975 68779

Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn photo 1
Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn photo 2
Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn photo 3
Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn photo 4
Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn photo 5

A New Cairn

A newly found cairn, with 5 stones, 3 of them white quartz, in a circle just over 2 metres wide, on a mound a short distance from Crugyn Gwyddel Cairn.
Map Ref: SN91670 69194

New cairn photo 1
New cairn photo 2
New cairn photo 3
New cairn photo 4
New cairn photo 5
New cairn photo 6

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Explore the Elan and Claerwen valleys using Ordnance Survey Leisure mapping.

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