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In September, we're having a Gwynedd Megalithic Meet; some cracking sites to take in. The proposed days are
Saturday 17th September
Sunday 18th September
and maybe Monday 19th September

Saturday, is a proposed linear walk taking in Bryn Cader Faner
Sunday, the Lleyn Peninsula
Monday, sites between Harlech and Barmouth

Proposed linked itins follow this posting.

If the weather was dire for Saturday, then hopefully could swap the days to ensure a decent walk

I'm basing myself at Llanbedr Youth Hostel
http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/190.html
there are two stones at SH 583 270
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/359
and also marked stones in the nearby church
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/138

If we do not go to 3 days, then a visit to Dyffryn Ardudwy is a must SH 588 288
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/134

Cheers

Tim

The Bryn Cader Faner Walk:

Before doing this walk, there are the Moel Goedog stones
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3434
i) Stone & cairn .6 miles after crossroads on right SH 599 309
ii) Another stone 500 metres further on left just after cattle grid SH602313
iii) Another, small stone 500 metres further on right SH 605 316
iv) Another (2 stones ?) on the left where the road levels SH 607 321
v) A pair of stones further on at SH 608 323
vi) Moel Goedog cairn circles SH 610 324
vii) Moel Goedog settlement

It is suggested that if doing a linear walk taking in Bryn Cader Faner it is recommended, to leave a car near Caerwych Farm, off A496

If I have read the guidebooks correct, the route will take in
5 groups of hut circles
2 ring cairns
1 pair of 'stone rings'
1 concentric circle farmstead
2 burnt mounds
1 cairnfield
1 'circle of stones'
1 cairn
1 rectangular enclosure
as well as Bryn Cader Faner itself

Sites along the linear route:
Having parked after moving on from Moel Goedog take the track rom SH 631 338
- cairnfield, 2 round hut foundations, ruined cairn

- a group of stones; small 'circle'
- track cuts through the wall of older prehistoric settlement, 2 round huts with sheepfold over them

- Bryn Cader Faner SH 647 354
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/822

- descending from BCF, another groups of huts under sheepfold

- a ringcairn or large hut, a pair of 'stone rings'

- cairn, burnt mound, ring cairn at Y Gyrn

- concentric circle farmstead at Maes y Caerau

- rectangular enclosure and 2 round houses, single hut & burnt mound

Return to car(s) and pick up vehicle(s) left at start