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Gurnos

Historical notes, locations and photographs from the Elan Valley ancient sites archive.

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Gurnos Sites

Gurnos is north of Dolymynach reservoir, the site consists of a Bronze Age cairn and possible Iron Age Sites.
Map Ref SN899 626


Gurnos Cairn

Gurnos Cairn is a disturbed cairn having a shelter built into it's centre. The cairn is 6m in diameter.
Map Ref SN89971 62623





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Page hits: " . $count . "

"; // Reopen the file and erase the contents $fp = fopen("Counter/Gurnoscounterlog.txt", "w"); // Write the new count to the file fwrite($fp, $count); // Close the file fclose($fp); ?>
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