Nicholaston long cairn

Nearest town:
Llanelli (12km NNW)
OS reference:
SS508888
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 34' 39.94 N
Longitude:
4° 9' 12.42 W
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Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

Hanging out in front of the chamber in the sun. There are worse things to do. There’s still the remnants of long cairn material within that industrial-strength vegetation.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

The capstone from above... Nature sure wants this back, don’t you think?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

A large block of stone to the rear of the chamber. Oxwich Bay sparkles in the sun beyond.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

The chamber, featuring a rather splendid capstone still in situ. I don’t usually undertake too much gardening... but the brambles were a little too much to let be, to be honest.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

Looking northward... or thereabouts. Cefn Bryn (with who-knows-how-many-cairns?) rises beyond.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by GLADMAN

Not the easiest long cairn to find, it has to be said.... even in winter.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 1, 2020
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by thesweetcheat

A summer visit would be challenging; myriad bramble tentacles lurk beneath the bracken.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2015
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by thesweetcheat

Looking towards the highest point of Cefn Bryn, roughly along the route we came down – there’s some intervening boggy ground.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2015
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by thesweetcheat

The chamber from the east. Credit to Andypebble and friend for flattening the bracken around it, which made it much easier to see than it might have been.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2015
Image of Nicholaston long cairn (Burial Chamber) by Andypebble

for reference – walking west to east along the footpath which runs roughly parallel to the main road, you reach this area where you then cross a small wooden bridge by the tree and turn right following the footpath sign for a few metres where you then turn left. There is then a turn on your left which takes you roughly behind the gorse and bridge and the stone chamber is tucked away about 20 metres away. It was almost completely covered when we visited but we managed to clear most of the bracken off! Lovely views to the sea from here too!

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Andypebble Feb 22, 2015

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