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Graig Fawr, Burnt Mounds

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NPRN91874
Map ReferenceSN60NW
Grid ReferenceSN6210007200
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPontardulais
Type Of SiteBURNT MOUND
PeriodPrehistoric
Description

Two cooking mounds lie adjacent to a peat-clogged stream on the NW side of Graig Fawr. They remain as described by RCAHMW in 1963 and as located by OS in 1982.

On the NW a crescentic mound open to the stream on the NE. It measures 1m (NW-SE) by 8.2m, maximum height 0.8m. The central hollow is 3m across.

Adjacent on the SE a crescentic mound open on the E. It measures 6.7m long (N-S) by 4m wide and 0.3m high. Less well defined than its neighbour.


visited DKL 1 February 1992