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Slievecorragh / Image by ryaner |
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Called Dan Clancy's Chair (see miscellaneous for the story) |
Posted by ryaner19 Apr 24ce |
Aran Fawddwy / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| It was an amazing place, absurdly windy. It took me about 4 hours to get to the top, the first 3 hours 45 of which were in cloud, then thick, wet fog with zero visibility. I very nearly turned back. The cloud lifted just as I got to the top, which was quite something. |
Posted by thesweetcheat17 Apr 24ce |
Cat Cairn 2 / Image by LesHamilton |
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| Good to see the gorse removed Les, nice pic of the cairn behind as well. |
Posted by drewbhoy17 Apr 24ce |
Aran Fawddwy / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Some place SC, fantastic all round views and blue sky!!! :-) |
Posted by drewbhoy 17 Apr 24ce |
Arthur's Stone / Image by MelMel |
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| Ha, brilliant. I'll stop next time I'm passing. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 16 Apr 24ce |
Arthur's Stone / Image by MelMel |
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| Brilliant to see, another pub to visit as well :-) |
Posted by drewbhoy 16 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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It is quite a view, and curiously, it is intervisible with Bwlch y cerrig duon barrow, in the upper Tawe valley. https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=9233&forum=4 |
Posted by cerrig 15 Apr 24ce |
Kilknock / Image by ryaner |
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| It is a great location and we reached the summit about 10 minutes before the rain arrived allowing us time for a comfortable mooch around. |
Posted by ryaner 15 Apr 24ce |
Dun Fhuarlit / Image by drewbhoy |
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| A beautiful place SC. |
Posted by drewbhoy 14 Apr 24ce |
Dun Fhuarlit / Image by drewbhoy |
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| Well, that's some spot. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 14 Apr 24ce |
Kilknock / Image by ryaner |
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| This looks like a fab location for a tomb, shame about all the barbed wire but the views are great. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 14 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| I really enjoyed visiting it, despite the poor state of the stones. The panorama is quite something. Nice hills, these, and new to me. I would have liked to stop longer than the half an hour I could spare, but it was a long old walk from Boughrood to Builth, with an unmissable bus to catch at the end! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 14 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| A return visit is probably overdue. |
Posted by cerrig 11 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Yeah, thanks for calling it out back then. 'Minimalist', is probably the apt term. |
Posted by GLADMAN10 Apr 24ce |
Maen y Goges / Fieldnotes by postman |
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| Yeah, it's all too easy to forget how mysterious these great erratics must have appeared to people with no knowledge of glaciation... so, if it couldn't have fallen from a crag above, the only logical conclusion at the time must've been it was placed there by giants, right? No wonder these places got called out in lore and recorded. |
Posted by GLADMAN 10 Apr 24ce |
Maen y Goges / Fieldnotes by postman |
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| Interesting stone, as kids we used to cycle along these lanes on our way to Llyn Alaw (for some reason considered a novelty at the time and we were told to keep away so naturally went). I do not remember the stone or anyone talking about it, however, as kids we thought all the standing stones had been put there for the cows to scratch their backs so wouldn't have shown any interest. Wish you hadn't posted, feel a need to go there now! |
Posted by costaexpress 10 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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This brings back memories. If I remember right the circle stones were all eroding rapidly, due to their laminations splitting. It was quite difficult to find most of them because they had already disappeared down to ground level. This was the situation in 2010; https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=54303 |
Posted by cerrig 10 Apr 24ce |
Banc y Celyn / Image by thesweetcheat |
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| Not an obvious circle, but a good location... as they say. |
Posted by GLADMAN 09 Apr 24ce |
Maen y Goges / Fieldnotes by postman |
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To clarify the lack of understanding here: the stone is clearly annotated - as 'Stone' - upon the OS 1900s 1:10 map and is clearly named upon both the current 1:50k and 1:25k OS mapping. Therefore, it is reasonably well known - and obviously, several cartographers have felt it was significant enough to record and thus highlight as worthy of note - presumably following discussion with your predecessors? It is therefore regrettable that whatever knowledge was once held in the locale would now appear to have been lost; however, that is why benefactors such as Julian Cope finance online communities such as The Modern Antiquarian... to ensure memory is preserved. Incidentally, in my experience it is not uncommon for locals to have little awareness of what they possess. Note that it is suggested by RCAHMW (John Wiles 31.08.07) that the origin of the local name Carreglefn is influenced by the erratic, which appears to me logical enough. Again, it is presumed that those recording this data gained it locally. |
Posted by GLADMAN 09 Apr 24ce |
Maen y Goges / Fieldnotes by postman |
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Re.: Maen y Goges. With all respect, I doubt if it gave its name to the parish as there are no similarly named parishes in the locality: they include Bodewryd, Llanbadrig, Llanfechell, Llanfflewin and Llanbabo. I also doubt if most of the local people know about Maen y Goges. I say this as having lived for many years in the area. It was never mentioned to us at primary or secondary school (their history was just the kings and queens of England!) and as children we never played on the site. Having also known two people who were brought up almost on site in Rhyd y Felin (Mill Ford) and Nant y Felin (Mill Stream), one of whom was my godfather and neighbour for many years, but they never mentioned Maen y Goges. I know of only one person who mentioned said stone to me in 75 years. It's good to see Maen y Goges mentioned and sorry if I'm upsetting anyone. But it doesn't have any real historical connections as it's just a big erratic glacial boulder. But I still like to visit it. |
Posted by rhosgoch 09 Apr 24ce |
Lislane / Image by ryaner |
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| We sought permission but there was no-one in at the house. On our way back the farmer was there in his tractor. We told him what we were at and he was sound. There's another one in that townland that we scouted but decided to leave for another day. |
Posted by ryaner 09 Apr 24ce |
Lislane / Image by ryaner |
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| You give it dignity and keep it alive just by visiting. Did you just wander up there or did you need permission from the farmer? |
Posted by costaexpress 09 Apr 24ce |
The Whipping Stone / Image by Zeb |
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Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I've been tied to the whippin' post. Allman Brothers Great trip, great sites, lots of jealousy |
Posted by costaexpress 03 Apr 24ce |
Cashtal yn Ard / Image by Zeb |
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| Agree with SC, a magical trip and this is a magical place. |
Posted by drewbhoy 31 Mar 24ce |
Cashtal yn Ard / Image by Zeb |
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| Looks like you've had a magic trip, love all these photos. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 31 Mar 24ce |
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