The cromlech at Garnwnda
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The cromlech at Garnwnda
Image: © Bob Helms Taken: 20 Jul 2009
The gaping mouth of the tomb on the northern slope of Garnwnda outcrop was described by Richard Fenton in 1810 as "a Cromlech, resting obliquely on one stone five feet high from the ground, whose dimensions are fifteen feet by nine, nearly of an equal thickness of two feet." In 1848 he reported on the results his own excavation of the interior as "quantities of red and black ashes mixed with portions of what seemed to be decomposed burnt bones and small fragments of rude pottery" from which he came to the conclusion that it was a place of interment.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.012722
Longitude
-5.013413