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Visited 19 September 2024.

After a lovely visit to Cefn Isaf and a rather shortened trip to Ystumcegid once the resident cows got a bit too interested, we carry on towards Criccieth along quiet lanes. This catches my eye on the map and our route will take us straight past it.

I do like a burnt mound, when there’s enough left to see of one. They’re a little glimpse into the lives of people long past, but just as enigmatic in their way as a stone circle. Ritual or domestic, you can decide.

This one is quite well-preserved and upstanding; a little poke about in the reedy grass on the southern side of the road and here it is! The setting is good, with long views westwards across the prominent hills of the Llŷn Peninsula from Carn Fadryn to Gyrn Du and Yr Eifl. To the south the ground rises to the prominent little hillock of Moel Ednyfed, which has some kind of enclosure on it, although we don’t detour up there today.

There’s another burnt mound marked on the map a few fields to the southeast, but by now our postponed Ystumcegid lunch is spurring us to get on to Criccieth, so we head on down the track skirting the eastern side of Moel Ednyfed.