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Dinas Powis / Image by thesweetcheat

Yeah, pretty much, with both the southern enclosure and northern 'fort' being Iron Age sites (of some sort) initially. The actual castle below is very overgrown and I didn't investigate beyond walking past it! thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
26 Mar 24ce

Dinas Powis / Image by thesweetcheat

Very odd. So there's a castle down below, a southern enclosure... and a northern enclosure apparently adapted from Dark Ages into later medieval?
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
25 Mar 24ce

Craig-y-Llyn (Cadair Idris) / Image by GLADMAN

Interesting, there's a lot going on round there. Should be back that way next month, but I'm currently unable to walk anywhere much, so not sure how much I'll be getting to see this time. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
24 Mar 24ce

Dinas Powis / Image by thesweetcheat

According to the SMR it's a proper mixed bag. Iron Age pottery shows definite prehistoric origins, then reinforcement of the earthworks later. A bit like Castell Dinas Bran I guess. Lovely place for a mooch though, especially at this time of year. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
24 Mar 24ce

Dinas Powis / Image by thesweetcheat

So what's the story with this SC... assumed it was Dark Age adapted by the Normans, but apparently not? GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24 Mar 24ce

Craig-y-Llyn (Cadair Idris) / Image by GLADMAN

Quite a few years since I'd been there Mr D. Can't really go wrong anywhere on Cadair Idris. GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24 Mar 24ce

Craig-y-Llyn (Cadair Idris) / Image by GLADMAN

Yeah, the idea was to find the cairn supposedly at SH65141153, so came via Bedd y Brenin to the west... but nothing doing. Not a bad back-up plan, although to be honest was probably always going to push on. GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24 Mar 24ce

Craig-y-Llyn (Cadair Idris) / Image by GLADMAN

A great looking site, nice one Mr G. drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
23 Mar 24ce

Craig-y-Llyn (Cadair Idris) / Image by GLADMAN

Splendid, it's a great location. I enjoyed our walk up here very much, despite the rather concerning gusty winds on the edge. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
23 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

Thank you - very much appreciated. Posted by Dark Galloway
04 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

Absolutely sublime, this is my favourite of a lovely set. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
03 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

Thank you - very kind. Posted by Dark Galloway
02 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

I will never tire of visiting this place spencer Posted by spencer
01 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

Superb photography, as with all of your photos :-) drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
01 Mar 24ce

Cairnholy / Image by Dark Galloway

Beautiful. Takes me back 10 years in an instant. ironstone Posted by ironstone
01 Mar 24ce

Llech-y-Drybedd / Image by CoralJackz

You've got to love these old book covers. drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
28 Feb 24ce

Gaer Fawr (Briton Ferry) / Image by thesweetcheat

Impressive for an enclosure, nice one SC :-) drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
28 Feb 24ce

Newgrange / Image by ryaner

No, indeed not. It never ceases to amaze. ryaner Posted by ryaner
27 Feb 24ce

Wiltshire / News by drewbhoy

Hopefully you'll be allowed to take a pic or two :-) drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
26 Feb 24ce

Newgrange / Image by ryaner

Can never tire of that, can you? GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
24 Feb 24ce

Wiltshire / News by drewbhoy

Good to see this superb, albeit small, museum in Devizes getting some publicity. I believe it will be moving to the larger building of the old Assizes Court sometime in the future. Must make a point of visiting soon to have a closer look at the necklace. tjj Posted by tjj
21 Feb 24ce

Friar's Kirk SE / Image by markj99

Thanks GLADMAN. I can understand why no-one has visited these sites before: They are a nightmare to reach! PS Your Welsh Wanderings are no picnic. Posted by markj99
17 Feb 24ce

Friar's Kirk SE / Image by markj99

Really liking these... great moorland settings. Without your efforts, a lot of this substantial stuff would remain in obscurity. Slight regret is that you weren't posting here 10-20 years ago when I was coming to Scotland every year! Always needed to break the long drive in The Borders GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
17 Feb 24ce

The Wren's Egg & Nest / Link by spencer

The Wren's Egg boulder is not in its original position, following an attempt by a farmer to move it. Probably not very far, but enough to take it out of alignment. Posted by Dark Galloway
13 Feb 24ce

The Wren's Egg & Nest / Image by Dark Galloway

Hello Spencer. I know the stones you mean and it's hard to say if they are cleared standing stones or not. There are a few similar stones in the walls around the field, which all look to be the same type as the Wren's Egg and the two in-situ standing stones. I'd guess they were all dropped from the last glacier to melt here. I was at Shakeabodie Rock, a few miles north at the weekend and the walls there were full of small glacial erratics of the same type too.

The mound is certainly made of glacial deposits, but it isn't beyond possibility it was also of significance. The 1970s excavation report ruled out the possibility of the Wren's Egg being part of a double circle, but didn't rule out other stones standing close to it. It also mentions that as the stone holes are so shallow, it is possible any traces have been ploughed away.

Interestingly, the stones from one of the early Bronze Age cists discovered here a few years ago, are deposited in the same corner of the field you speak of. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more to still discover (I think there was one found near the farmhouse too). I'd be interested to see if there are any ritual deposits waiting to be found in the nearby loch and my feeling is that the Fell of Barhullion lies at the centre of a ritual landscape.
Posted by Dark Galloway
13 Feb 24ce
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