Garn Felen

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
SO0889213878

Nearest town:

Rhymney (7km SE)

OS reference:

SO0889213878

OS sheet:

160

Latitude:

51° 48' 56.13 N

Longitude:

3° 19' 18.69 W

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Images (4)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Garn Felen (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The enclosure (foreground), overlooked by the steep knoll topped by the Garn Felen cairn III.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.9.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010

Image of Garn Felen (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Several courses of stonework remain.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.9.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010

Image of Garn Felen (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Looking SE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.9.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010

Image of Garn Felen (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The small enclosure, looking NE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.9.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010

Articles

Garn Felen

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

thesweetcheat Jan 26, 2012

I head across to the enclosure. Oblong in shape, the stonework of the walls still stands to a few courses high. Much more limestone lies around and about, so building material was certainly not an issue. What is rather less clear is why the structure has been built around a shake hole. I assume (geologists, please help) that the hole was already there when the walls were put up around it. It’s not very big, so its mysterious portal-to-the-underworld qualities are fairly limited. Odd.

Garn Felen

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010

Stone built prehistoric enclosure below the slopes of Cefn yr Ystrad. Coflein description:

Small sub-rectangular enclosure, 7 x 8m with stone built banks up to 1m high, including boulders. No obvious entrance. In the centre is a sink-hole or cave opening. Located at the bottom of a steep hill, with many boulders on the ground.

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Lower Neuadd

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Cairn(s) • 10.64km E

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Eglwys Faen

Cairn(s) • 10.67km ENE

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Gelligaer Common Ring Cairn 1

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Cairn(s) • 10.8km W

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Cairn(s) • 10.87km WNW

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Mynydd Aberdare

Cairn(s) • 11km SW

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Cairn(s) • 11.01km WNW

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The Fish Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.09km ENE

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Cadair Fawr (South)

Cairn(s) • 11.24km WSW

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Cadair Fawr

Cairn(s) • 11.25km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 11.3km SE

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.36km WSW

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Twr Pen-cyrn Circle

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Twr Pen-cyrn cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.4km ENE

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Enclosure • 11.57km ENE

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Round Cairn • 11.67km SSW

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Ffynnon Las I

Cairn(s) • 11.72km NE

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1
Pen-yr-Heol Las

Cairn(s) • 11.89km NE

12

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Carn Castellymeibion

Ring Cairn • 12km SSW
Graig y Gilfach

Enclosure • 12.04km SSW

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Waun Cryn

Cairn(s) • 12.09km ENE

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Plas-y-Gaer, Allt Ddu

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.11km NE

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Nant Melyn

Cairn(s) • 12.19km WSW

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Mynydd-y-glog

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.42km WSW

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Chambered Tomb • 12.44km N

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Cairn(s) • 12.49km NE

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Cairn(s) • 13.38km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 14.06km WNW

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Hillfort • 14.38km WNW

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Cairn(s) • 14.42km NNE

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Cairn(s) • 14.62km NE

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Enclosure • 14.65km ENE

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The Growing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.65km ENE

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Cairn(s) • 14.7km W

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Cairn(s) • 14.74km SSE

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Slwch Tump

Hillfort • 14.87km NNW

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Tir-Cook

Cairn(s) • 14.93km S

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Craig Cerrig-gleisiad

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.93km W

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Carreg Maen Taro

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.98km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 15km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 15.16km S

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1
Twyn-Llechfaen

Enclosure • 15.23km NNW

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Hillfort • 15.27km ENE

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3
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Cairn(s) • 15.34km NE

34

1
Caeau Enclosure, Cockit Hill

Hillfort • 15.46km NNE

3

1
Coed Ynys Faen

Standing Stones • 15.52km ENE

7

3
Llangenny

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4

4
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2
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31

2
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Cairn(s) • 15.66km E

2
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Cairn(s) • 15.71km NE

29

1
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Cairn(s) • 15.74km WSW

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Mynydd Troed cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.89km NE

14

2
Fan Llia

Round Cairn • 15.89km W

34

3
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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.97km SW

13
Penrhiw Fer

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.13km SSW

4
Mynydd Troed

Chambered Cairn • 16.19km NNE

15

4
Penrhiw Cradoc

Round Cairn • 16.56km SSW

5
Ysgubor-Wen

Cairn(s) • 16.59km WSW

7

1

1

1
Pen Craig Abercwmboi

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.61km SSW

10

1
Carnau Gwynion

Cairn(s) • 16.62km W

5

1

1

1
Perthgelyn

Cairn(s) • 16.77km S
Mynydd Cefngyngon

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.78km SW

9
Maen Cattwg

Cup Marked Stone • 16.89km SSE

3

2
Bedd Gwyl Illtyd

Ring Cairn • 16.96km WNW

6

3
Mynydd Illtyd

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.98km WNW

3

4
Rhyd Uchaf

Cairn(s) • 16.99km W

13

3
Gelli-Nedd

Hillfort • 17.09km WSW

10

1

2
Daudreath Illtyd

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.1km WNW

4

4
Pen Twyn Glas, Black Mountains

17.1km NE

6

2
Maen Madoc

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.13km W

14

7
Cefn y Llethr Hir

Round Cairn • 17.15km SW

9
Maen Llia

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.24km W

96

7

22

1
Coed Fenni-fach

Hillfort • 17.26km NW

1

2
Llech Lia

Enclosure • 17.28km W

12

1
Plas-y-gors

Round Cairn • 17.29km W

5

1
Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd)

Hillfort • 17.29km WNW

10

2
Drostre Bank

Hillfort • 17.45km N
Pen y Crug

Hillfort • 17.46km NW

26

4
Mynydd Pen-y-Fal

Cairn(s) • 17.67km ENE

37

3
Fan Nedd (north east)

Round Cairn • 17.73km W

11

2
Ty Isaf

Chambered Cairn • 17.73km NNE

7

1

3

1
Pont Lluest-wen

Round Cairn • 17.85km SW

6
Hirwaun Common

Cairn(s) • 17.94km SW

17

2
Mynydd Llysiau, Black Mountains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.07km NE

3

1
Blaen-Nedd Isaf

Cairn(s) • 18.15km W
Carn Blorenge

Round Cairn • 18.15km E

33

3
Fan Nedd (Northern summit)

Round Cairn • 18.15km W

34

2
Carn-y-Pigwn

Round Cairn • 18.16km SSW

5

1
Fennifach

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.27km NW

3
Craig-y-Ddinas (Pontneddfechan)

Promontory Fort • 18.28km WSW

5

4
Rhondda Fach

Cairn(s) • 18.36km SW

6
Castell Dinas

Hillfort • 18.52km NNE

33

3
Carn-y-Defaid

Cairn(s) • 18.58km E

25

4
Battle

Standing Stones • 18.64km NW

4

2
Penyrwrlodd

Long Cairn • 18.66km NNE

19

3

1
Pen Trumau, Black Mountains

Cairn(s) • 18.71km NE

20
Pen-yr-Allt

Enclosure • 18.92km N

1
Hillis Camp, Llanfilo

Hillfort • 19.07km N

2
Tyle Bychan

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.17km WNW

4

2
Bwlch Bach a’r Grib

Cairn(s) • 19.26km NNE

20

2
Maen Llwyd (Twyn Du)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.35km NE

25

4
Disgwylfa

Cairn(s) • 19.52km ENE

8

2
Nant yr Ychen

Round Cairn • 19.6km NE

1

2
Talgarth Camp

Hillfort • 19.86km NNE

1
Mynydd Tynewydd

Cairn(s) • 19.89km SW

8

1
Tarren Maerdy

Cairn(s) • 19.97km SW

14

2
Cefn-y-Rhondda

Cairn(s) • 20km SSW

11

1