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greywether May 18, 2004 23:23:06
Replying to Keith D

We can resolve this quite quickly, I believe.

Forget about CARN. Forget about GPSs and all the other modern toys we use.

Can someone who remembers the old fashioned ways just look up the Inventory for a ring cairn in the area which looks like this

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/25505

and tell us

(1) what it's called and
(2) what's its 6-figure grid ref in the Inventory

We then use that info to create another site.

There may be some tidying up to do thereafter but we'll be cooking by then.

K Keith D
Keith D May 19, 2004 09:05:50
Replying to greywether

Err, Greywether, the ring cairn is Circle 278, at least according to Frances Lynch, who published a diagram of it in "Prehistoric Wales". What we want to know is, the correct name (or inventory number, or site number), for the prominent stone assembly that most folk (including us), thought was circle 278, and to which monument class does it belong?

The two closest hits on CARN to "the monument formerly known as circle 278", are both listed as enclosures, one prehistoric and one "period unknown", when you consider that the locations given for these are within 30m of each other, perhaps you will see why accurate location may aid in discrimination.

A recent topic has been the inaccuracy of much of the information presented on the internet. We(and many others including MA), have incorrectly presented the above monument on the web as Circle 278 for some time now. I'm sure you can understand our wish to correct this error and our deisre to identify and describe the monument correctly this time.