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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Moel Goedog E Alternative Name: Fonllech Row 1
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Harlech  Nearest Village: Eisingrug
Map Ref: SH61053244  Landranger Map Number: 124
Latitude: 52.871440N  Longitude: 4.065847W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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SandyG visited on 31st Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Parking is available at SH 60668 32020. From here follow the footpath northward.

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Moel Goedog E
Moel Goedog E submitted by PaulM : This is the Moel Goedog East circle located at SH61043245. It has good views over Porthmadog Bay but interestingly the view to the Moel Goesdog W circle just down the hill is partially obscured. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn Circle on the slopes of Moel Goedog, in the hills above Harlech; the eastern terminal cairn of the Fonllech Stone Row.

Moel Goedog East circle has good views over Porthmadog Bay but interestingly the view to the Moel Goesdog W circle just down the hill is partially obscured.

For more information see: Coflein NPRN 302797, an extract of which reads: "A circle of originally 12 upright stones, up to 1.0m high, 6.5-7.0m in diameter: excavation, 1978, showed that the stones were set in a low stone bank & enclosed a complex of pits, three of which contained BA urns, two, including the primary feature, containing a cremation deposit assemblages: a second, superficially similar feature lies some 44m to the west".

Update November 2019: The Stone Rows of Great Britain discusses the possibility of the nine standing stones at Moel Goedog making up a single stone row measuring 1,898 metres long, standing on a prominent ridge overlooking the sea. Their entry for Fonllech includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in August 2018, photographs of all the stones in the alignment, access information and a list of online resources for more information. The SRoGB also includes a section discussing the interpretation of this monument. This is the SRoGB's stone 1 in the row.

For information about the other stones in this probably alignment, see the individual site pages for Moel Goedog 1 to Moel Goedog 9 inclusive, plus the Moel Goedog E ring cairn.
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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : View from above and SSE (Scale 1m). (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : View from above and south east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Tom_Bullock : The OS Map shows 'Cairn Circles' at these coordinates. Two cairn circles stand within 160 feet of one another, generally sited E–W of one another. The one at the coordinates consists of shoulder–to–shoulder stones in a circle, as does the one to the W at SN61013245. The latter appears to have several standing stones external to those in the ring and that form a circle around them. The talles... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Justfrank : The views are great,The walk was good the cairns are not far apart.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : Large stone with kerbed cairn beyond. View from north (Scale 1m). This stone may have formed the upper end of the longest stone row in Wales.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : A large slab lying to the north of this kerbed cairn may have represented the original upper end of the stone row. The stone measures 2.16m long by 1.12m wide, 0.83m high and is orientated at 137°. View from north east (Scale 1m).

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Moel Goedog E submitted by SandyG : View from above and east (Scale 1m).

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Twofer

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Lots of stones

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Cairn circle between a hill fort and another cairn circle.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Some big stones some small stone circularly arranged.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Moel y Gest hill fort is just across the water

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Postman : Looking over the cairn circle to Ynys Gifftan

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Moel Goedog E submitted by Bladup : Moel Goedog East.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by postman : Looking doooown

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Moel Goedog E submitted by postman : A lovely little ring cairn.

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Moel Goedog E submitted by MartinBurke : This is sited just up the hill from Moel Goedog W, but the view of the latter seems to be obscured by the topography.

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