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Bwlch Cairn

Cairn(s)

<b>Bwlch Cairn</b>Posted by thesweetcheatImage © A. Brookes (10.4.2010)
Also known as:
  • Cefn Moel cairn I

Nearest Town:Crickhowell (8km ESE)
OS Ref (GB):   SO15462291 / Sheet: 161
Latitude:51° 53' 52.15" N
Longitude:   3° 13' 43.68" W

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Visited 5.6.10.
Parked in the handy small parking area provided, I assume, for walkers and headed north along the Beacons Way. The first 30 yards or so are very steep but then the ground levels of a bit and it is a long, slow walk up hill - at least it is if you are mainly carrying a two year old! After 30 minutes you reach the top of the hill and the cairn in right next to the path - can't miss it. The cairn is quite large and has a pile of 'modern' stones placed on top of it. Next to this is a hollow in the cairn where I assume it has been dug into in the past. There isn't a great deal to see but the views are spectacular, making the long hot walk (just about!) worthwhile. I will be happy when Dafydd is a bit older and I don't have to carry him so much!!!
Posted by CARL
7th June 2010ce

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Description from Coflein:

"A centrally mutilated cairn, 19m in diameter and 1.2m high, surmounted by a modern cairn."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306001/details/CEFN+MOEL%2C+CAIRN+I%3BBWLCH+CAIRN/
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
19th April 2010ce