Waun Leuci cairn

Nearest town:
Llandovery (16km WNW)
OS reference:
SN85122114
OS sheet:
160
Latitude:
51° 52' 35.44 N
Longitude:
3° 40' 8.51 W
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Image of Waun Leuci cairn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking down the Tawe valley. The block of Maen Mawr is just about visible to the right of centre ahead.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.6.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 9, 2010

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Waun Leuci cairn

C
CARL Jul 23, 2010

Thanks to ‘thesweetcheat’ for posting this. I thought I noticed this barrow when I visited the area earlier in the year but as nothing was showing on the map I thought it was just my imagination!

Waun Leuci cairn

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 9, 2010

Visited 5.6.2010. After a stop-off at Waun Leuci stone setting, this barrow was an unexpected extra (it’s not on the OS) on the way along the Tawe valley towards Cerrig Duon. It looks pretty intact and is in a slightly unusual valley bottom location – although it’s still at 400m above sea level, so hardly “lowland”.

From here the Tawe can be crossed fairly easily on the approach to Maen Mawr.

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Waun Leuci cairn
Round Cairn
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 6, 2010

Possible round barrow next to the Tawe river. Description from Coflein:

“Located between valley road and river, and 55m south of a monolith, is a stony mound. It measures 5m (NW-SE) by 4m and 0.4m high. It seems undisturbed. Given its relative proximity to various stone settings, its identity as a burial cairn is distinctly possible. However, stone clearance and platform features have been identified to the south of this site.”

coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404186/details/WAUN+LEUCI%3A+POSSIBLE+ROUND+BARROW/

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