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It was thought that the northern part of Cooper's Hill might be a promontory fort, but current views are that the "earthworks" are in fact quarry spoil. They do look quite earthwork-ish, so easy to see why this might have been thought. The whole area is a Scheduled Monument.
Various records at Pastscape here.
There is however a probable Iron Age cross-dyke, cutting across the neck of the summit ridge:
The cross-ridge dyke on Cooper's Hill is probably of Iron Age origin, and is the only clearly recognisable defensive or boundary earthwork on the hill. The bank is 18ft wide by 2ft. high, with a ditch on the south side about 2ft. deep and from 12 to 20ft wide. The dyke runs straight for a total length of 655ft, and ends to the east against the natural edge of the ridge.
The northern slope of the hill also plays host to the lunacy of the annual cheese-rolling. I've stood at the top of the slope, it'd take more than a bloody cheese to throw myself off there.
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Two cairns in forestry, one very damaged, the other on the highest point of the hill (528m OD).
Coflein descriptions:
Bachgen Carreg (SS90819810)
A ruined circular cairn, 8.0m in diameter and 0.5m high, set on a parish boundary and bearing the name of a stone rather than that of a cairn.
Mynydd Blaengwynfi summit (SS90659737)
A circular, stony mound, 7.6m in diameter and 0.6m high, capped by an OS triangulation pillar.
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Fine overview (with pictures) of the cairns on the main uplands either side of the Rhondda valleys.
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There are two cairns on Mynydd Tynewydd, currently in forestry. One of them, Garn Fach, has not conclusively been shown to be man-made.
Like the cairns on nearby Craig-y-Llyn, they are soon to be surrounded by the construction of the Pen y Cymoedd wind farm.
Coflein details:
Y Garn Bica (SN94250051)
A boundary cairn, 10.4m high and 0.6m high, robbed and capped by an OS triangulation pillar.
Garn Fach (SN94490009)
A possible cairn, 5.5m in diameter and 0.6m high.
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"The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while there is still time will be blessed both in mind and body." Alfred Wainwright
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