A truly beautiful place indeed. Try to resist parking right next to the monument as there's a much better place 50 yards down the lane.
Though there's not loads left of Branas Uchaf it's still quite impressive, the largest stone is over four feet and the whole thing sits on a mound that on the eastern side is five feet tall.
Try to combine a visit with Tyfos, Moel ty Uchaf and Tan y coed and maybe Coed y Bedo.
A large mound, with two uprights like snaggly teeth, sits in a field on the Dee floodplain. This must have been very impressive in its hey-day, but sadly has been robbed for stonework. Still lovely, though, especially under a winter sunset, while a thrush sings through the dusk.
This post appears as part of the weblog entry Berwyn Beauties
"Only a few remnants. yet spectacular looking from the road as its the dominant feature in the field. a circular stone earth mound covered by grass with the stones exposed on the top: four flat pieces, three of which are standing, one of which is quite large; a few large stones and smaller ones scattered around. An oak tree and three Hawthorn(?) trees grow around it.
Directions: there's a lay-by off the road that runs along-side the field and a style to get over the fence"
1 June 2003
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