Twyn Yr Oerfel Round Barrow(s) View all content for Twyn Yr Oerfel

Directions: See directions for Twyn Cae-Hugh Barrow. These two Barrows are a lot closer to the cattle grid and only require a short walk. Twyn-Yr-Oerfel (A) This is the first of the two Barrows you come to. This is a great spot for a Barrow and the views are excellent. The Barrow is grass covered with a small amount of gorse and ferns. Several stones stick out of the grass within the central depression. COFLEIN states: ’11m in diameter and 1.5m high. At the centre is an excavation hollow 3m across and 0.5m deep’. Twyn-Yr-Oerfel (B) A little further along the track from Barrow (A) This Barrow is in a sorry state. There are clear tyre tracks right over the Barrow and a great deal of damage is being caused. Already a large depression has been made and many of the stones constructing the Barrow have been revealed and dislodged. This area is clearly used by ‘off road’ bikes etc and I am afraid to say this Barrow is bearing the brunt if it. I will be looking to see who I can report this destruction to and hopefully prevent further damage? It is sad that a prehistoric monument is being treated this way. COFLEIN states: ‘Constructed on a small rocky outcrop, cairn 16m in diameter and 2m high. Central disturbance indicates its slab construction’.

Posted by CARL 28th August 2012ce

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