Ten Clear, Compelling, Yet Surprising Facts About Garn Goch

Fact One: There are three types of Welsh Iron Age Fort - and Garn Goch matches none of them.

Fact Two: Even the expert on Welsh Iron Age forts wasn’t at all convinced.

Fact Three: Garn Goch more closely matches much earlier religious (not military) constructions.

Fact Four: Garn Goch is not a one-off. It is one of a series of long cairns stretching into England.

Fact Five: Isotope analysis has proved that a nearby long cairn has 5,700 year old human teeth buried under it.

Fact Six: Garn Goch’s cairn was built first, but the surrounding stones soon followed.

Fact Seven: All this evidence points to one conclusion: Garn Goch was originally a major Neolithic festival site.

Fact Eight: The BBC programme about the original Stonehenge provides the missing link that helps explain Garn Goch.

Fact Nine: Garn Goch deserves well-funded archaeological research and excavation to prove – or disprove – this interpretation.

Fact Ten: The largest ancient stone monument in Britain.

FACT ONE: THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF WELSH IRON AGE FORT - AND GARN GOCH MATCHES NONE OF THEM.

FACT TWO: EVEN THE EXPERT ON WELSH IRON AGE FORTS WASN’T AT ALL CONVINCED.
Even the expert wasn’t convinced.

FACT THREE: GARN GOCH MORE CLOSELY MATCHES MUCH EARLIER RELIGIOUS (NOT MILITARY) CONSTRUCTIONS.
Garn Goch matches Neolithic constructions.

FACT FOUR: GARN GOCH IS NOT A ONE-OFF. IT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF LONG CAIRNS STRETCHING INTO ENGLAND.
A long series of long cairns

FACT FIVE: ISOTOPE ANALYSIS HAS PROVED THAT THE PENYWYRLOD LONG CAIRN HAS 5,700 YEAR OLD HUMAN TEETH BURIED UNDER IT.
5,700 year old teeth under long cairn

FACT SIX: GARN GOCH’S CAIRN WAS BUILT FIRST, BUT THE SURROUNDING STONES SOON FOLLOWED.
Garn Goch aligned with the pyramids

FACT SEVEN: ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO ONE CONCLUSION: GARN GOCH WAS A MAJOR NEOLITHIC FESTIVAL SITE.
A large Neolithic festival site?

FACT EIGHT: THE BBC PROGRAMME ABOUT THE ORIGINAL STONEHENGE PROVIDES THE MISSING LINK THAT HELPS EXPLAIN GARN GOCH.

FACT NINE: GARN GOCH DESERVES WELL-FUNDED ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EXCAVATION TO PROVE – OR DISPROVE – THIS INTERPRETATION.

FACT TEN: THE LARGEST ANCIENT STONE MONUMENT IN BRITAIN?