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Hob H
Hob Aug 31, 2004 20:30:22
Replying to ShropshireTraveller

I spot Caer Bach on the itinerary.

Please please please see if anyone can work out if the white stone there is definitely from a non-Tal-y-Fan source.

It's been bugging me on and off all year.

Hope the rain keeps off, for you all, sounds like a great bash :)

B baza
baza Aug 31, 2004 21:37:26
Replying to Hob

>Please please please see if anyone can work out if the white stone there is definitely
>from a non-Tal-y-Fan source.

How the bloody hell will I know? LOL

I looked it up on the Coflein database, where it's called "Cerrig y Ddinas Fort", so I've added that name to the site as an alternative.

All it says is:

1. Remains of a fort on a precipitous rocky peak.
2. Up to four discontinuous lines of walling, joining sections of crag, define an irregular enclosure, c.130m N-S by 70m overall, inner enclosure being c.50m N-S by 30m.

S ShropshireTraveller
ShropshireTraveller Sep 1, 2004 06:44:23
Replying to Hob

Ah, it was you hob, with whom I corresponded last year about this...

I was there again in July, and took this shot down onto Caer Bach ascending Tal y Fan on the way to Maen Penddu.
The white stone is clearly visible centre left - and is not a sheep!
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=8794

I am there again on Friday morning - probably arriving at the location by 8am! Will take another look - but I'm no geologist!

Cheers

Tim