Image of Moel Eilio (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

There is a serious amount of material here, enough for a substantial cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.6.2012)

thesweetcheat Jun 14, 2012

The Eternal Jun 15, 2012 23:59

This shows perfectly how a modern mountain top cairn can disguise the fact that an ancient cairn once stood there. The extra material is often a clue. It's interesting to see how passing walkers fashion the ancient cairns into a shape. Maybe something in our sub-conscious minds makes us reconstruct them into something resembling their original shape.

I like to think so. As Freud said "The man of prehistoric times survives unchanged in our unconscious."

Cheers,

TE.

thesweetcheat Jun 16, 2012 00:14

I'd like to think that were true, but I reckon it's more of an urge to make somewhere to sit down and eat your butties out of the wind than any ancestral memory. Sadly for the cairns.

The Eternal Jun 20, 2012 23:49

Your probably right my friend. Like you say, sadly.

Moel Eilio