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Crugiau Rhos-Wen (South East) (Round Barrow(s)) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by GLADMAN16th November 2023ce |
Crugiau Rhos-Wen (North West) (Round Barrow(s)) — Images |
   
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Posted by GLADMAN 16th November 2023ce |
Crug Canol (Round Cairn) — Miscellaneous |
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This, the 'Middle Cairn/Barrow', appropriately enough stands between Crug Melyn and the unnamed 'Tumlumus' shown upon the 1:25k map... although quite why it is named... and its substantial western neighbour is not... I guess only local folklore may be able to explain? Coflein notes: "Bronze Age cairn or barrow, 17m" [c56ft] "in diameter, standing up to 2" high, has been 'opened'. [J.Wiles 20.02.02]" |
Posted by GLADMAN 13th November 2023ce |
Crug Melyn (Round Cairn) — Miscellaneous |
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Less than a mile to the west of the suspect charms of Llech Ciste (which I consequently forgo), what I envisaged as being a minor group of barrow/cairns... in very short order became a fine Bronze Age cemetery worth a considerable journey. To be fair, owners of the 1:25k map will note that three of the linear alignment of monuments are named... so perhaps I shouldn't have been so surprised, but there you are. This, the 'Yellow Cairn' crowning 1,070ft Pen-crug-melyn at the eastern extremity, is pleasingly bathed in an orangey/yellow(ish) glow as the sun briefly reasserts its dominance following a couple of hours of intense downpour. So, needless to say, the locals know where they're at. As usual. Speaking of which, I encounter the farmer in his Land Rover and he beams a smile as bright as that fiery nuclear globe while confirming I'm OK with my parking arrangements. No problem at all, so please don't take the piss and block his gates should you approach from the south. Coflein doesn't say much (if 14m also means nothing to you, that's c46ft in proper terms): "A disturbed cairn, 14m in diameter and 1.3m high. [J.Wiles 20.02.02]" |
Posted by GLADMAN 13th November 2023ce |
Crugiau (Horeb) (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Miscellaneous |
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This, marked as 'Tumulus' upon 1:25k OS mapping (presumably owing to the grassy mantle obscuring any expected cairn attributes), stands between Crug Canol and Crug Bach (SN49632863), the latter located near the entrance gate to Mynydd Bach Common and quite hard to distinguish amongst vegetation. There are apparently other monuments nearby I wasn't able to discern with any certainty. Although lacking the profile of the two great eastern cairns, this is nevertheless a substantial monument worth lingering at for a while, measuring approx 65ft across and 3ft in height. Coflein reckons: "SN49632863, reported as mutilated, c.13m in diameter and 0.9m high, with the eatern of the two.. at SN49882864, being 20m in diameter and 0.9m high. [J.Wiles 19.02.02]" |
Posted by GLADMAN 13th November 2023ce |
Crugiau (Horeb) (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Images |
 
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Posted by GLADMAN 2nd November 2023ce |
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