Elan Valley · Archaeological Archive
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Round Barrow Cairn
Lan Fraith Round Barrow
Period: bronze age
OS grid: SN87443 72252
Remains of possible bronze age cairn at edge of stream on E bank, approx. 3m in diameter x 0.20m high. Delineated by circular stone 7m in diameter. It has a thin peat cover, mound is composed of earth and stone.
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round barrow cairn
Llan Ddu Fawr Cairn
Period: bronze age
OS grid: SN78760 69985
15 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. There is a triangulation point on the top of the cairn, within a shelter
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marker Cairn
Moel Geufron marker Cairn
Period: unknown
OS grid: SN91050 72589
4 Quartz stones in a circle roughly 1m in diameter near the summit of Moel Geufron
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Hut / Shelter
Nant Y Ffrwd Hut 1
Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN86441 68668
originally listed as a Hut but now listed as a shelter, near a stream and near Nant Ffrwd house remains
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standing stone
Nant Y Gro Standing Stone possible
Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN92494 62807
Possible Cairn
Nantybeddau Stone Spread (Possible Cairn)
Period: Bronze Age
OS grid: SN85100 65569
Possible small cairn 1m in diameter
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