If it's a public footpath then he's fucked. Just go and remove any obstacle or cut any wires.

I always used to carry a good pair of snips with me when walking in the UK.

Hi Kammer
This is outrageous! I am off on my hols to Pembrokeshire in late May (with treaclechops and others, actually) and this was one of the babies on my list of possible place to check out.... What a disappointment.

And no need to apologise for your posts, they're always a great read!
J
x

You are rightly upset Kammer - looking at the map it should be open unfettered access as the right of way leads straight to the stones. The map also shows some sort of compound (although that could be for cartographic convenience) and the photo in Children and Nash shows several fence posts uncomfortably close to the stones. We considered a quick detour to Trewalter but did the Mesur-y-dorth stone and those in Mathry instead.

Hopefully Pembs CC'll sort it

According to our source in the Preselis (my mother!) the landowner for Garn Turne camber closed the field off in lambing but then the access isn't formalised.

Cheers

G

I've been on the phone to Pembrokeshire CC and Cadw, with mixed responses.

The footpaths specialist at the CC was really helpful, and he's going to take the matter up with the Mathry Parish Council. Apparently they're already doing a survey of public rights of way, working with the parish councils, and prioritising paths that are in or near the national park. The path to Tre Wallter Llwyd (pp 6313) falls relatively well into this area, because it's off a bridleway that leads into the national park (pp6312). The fact that there's a Scheduled Ancient Monument at the end of the path helps as well. He's going to get back to me with an update (I wish our local CC was this enthusiastic about footpaths).

When I rang Cadw I got a relatively subdued response. The guy on the phone didn't seem to have any opinion on the matter, at least not one he was going to share with me. He took the minimum amount of details from me, and said he'd call back if and when anything happened. Perhaps I'm being unfair, but I'd have hoped to have had more feedback from them.

If either of these lines of enquiry goes cold I'll put pen to paper, but so long as I make progress over the phone, I'll stick with that.

Kammer x