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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

Lleyn Peninsula Itinerary:

Many possibilities here; sites I feel are a must are in capitals; others in lower case. The route is roughly anti clockwise, entering the Peninsula from the Porthmadog direction.

CIST CERRIG Portal Dolmen, cup marks on rock nearby SH 543 384
Burial Chamber - Ystum cegid ganol SH 498 413
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/143
Burial Chamber - Rhoslan SH 484 409
Standing Stone - Rhosgyll SH 465 406
Standing Stone - Y Ffar SH 400 390
Burial Chamber - Y Ffar SH 399 385
Standing Stones - Moelypenmaen SH 345 390
Standing Stone - Wyddgrug SH 293 365
Burial Chamber - Mynydd Cilan SH 301 235
TAN Y MURIAU Portal Dolmen & Long Cairn SH 238 288
MYNYDD RHIW Mesolithic & Neolithic Axe Factory SH 234 299
Standing Stone - Rhiw SH 226 278
Standing Stone -Llangwnnadl SH 326 209
MYNYDD CEFNAMLWCH Dolmen SH 229 345
Standing Stone - Moel Gwynus SH 346 421
Standing Stone - Lwyndryrys SH 379 417
Standing Stone - Pencaenewydd SH 402 402
BACHWEN Dolmen with 110 + cup marks SH 407 495
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/132
Burial Chamber - Aberdesach SH 430 511
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2142
Standing Stone - Coed Hywel SH 445 542
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2143
Standing Stone - Pen y Bythod SH 442 554