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Allt Cunedda

Round Barrow(s)

<b>Allt Cunedda</b>Posted by thesweetcheatImage © A. Brookes (6.7.2013)
Nearest Town:Kidwelly (2km SSE)
OS Ref (GB):   SN40640897 / Sheet: 159
Latitude:51° 45' 22.34" N
Longitude:   4° 18' 33.01" W

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<b>Allt Cunedda</b>Posted by thesweetcheat

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Two barrows excavated in the 19th century, positioned on the summit of a hill overlooking the Gwendraeth estuary.

Coflein description:
Two barrows, at SN40530897 (Dat Prn1394) and SN40750900 (Dat Prn1393), each c.75' in diameter and ploughed down to around 0.5m high.
Opened 1850 revealing possible mass cremation in the eastern barrow and an inhumation and separate cist in the western. Beaker fragments and a stone 'axe hammer' are reported from the barrows as a group.
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
25th August 2013ce