Image of Picws Du, Y Mynydd Du (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Llyn y Fan Fach nestling beneath the crags of Bannau Sir Gaer and overlooked by Bronze Age cairns crowning Picws Du (approx. centre skyline) and Fan Foel, beyond, the latter excavated and featuring a cist. The lake is arguably Wales most enigmatic ‘Fairy Lake’, a source of legends stretching back into the mists of time.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone