Question for Kammer

moss Sep 21, 2007 15:41:46

Going to Wales in a few days time, just copied your notes for Bedd yr Franc, question is how deep is the bog ;) for those that wander about with only a dog for company.
Also notice you have'nt been to Foel Drygarn fort with its 3 barrows plus Crug-yr-Hwch is marked on the other side of the road to the fort - any information there please...
Moss
And for Rhiannon, read somewhere the 'water monster' was a beaver...

Kammer Sep 23, 2007 21:55:06

Replying to moss

Hi Moss,

moss wrote:

...just copied your notes for Bedd yr Franc, question is how deep is the bog ;) for those that wander about with only a dog for company.

Glad somebody read those notes. They took ages to write. I didn't really get the chance to test out the bog.

moss wrote:

Also notice you haven't been to Foel Drygarn fort with its 3 barrows...

I've been up there. It's listed as Moel Drygarn. Bloody excellent site:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3485/moel_drygarn.html

moss wrote:

...plus Crug-yr-Hwch is marked on the other side of the road to the fort - any information there please...

This is one of those sites that got away. I've never even attempted to visit, but I gather it's not far off the road. You've probably already had a look, but it's worth trying Prehistoric Preseli by N.P. Figgis. His notes are usually good, but I can't seem to find my copy so I can't check.

moss wrote:

And for Rhiannon, read somewhere the 'water monster' was a beaver...

I love that. Is that the beaver's grave or the beaver's bed? Both very intriguing names.

K x

Grendel Sep 24, 2007 20:30:55

Replying to moss

Moss,

I visited at the end of August and the bog was okay (alright it was at the end of a dry spell). I would have thought that with wellies you should be fine if you go from the NE (footpath at SN111353 from the road - I parked a few hundred metres west from here in a layby by a battered red Polo).

I tried a shortcut back to the road in a NW direction from the stones (like a fool) and found the stream and another bog which was very wet. Don't go to far west from the stones because the undergrowth does hide a few streams.

Good luck.

Grendel