Image of Cribyn (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

The summit of Cribyn from Bwlch ar y Fan. One assumes this ancient route would not have featured highly upon a Roman legionary’s ‘Top 10 places to visit in Britanniae’ ... alongside Hardknott, perhaps? I can also imagine earlier Bronze Age travellers pausing here to gaze up at this very view and invoke the protection of the VIP interned above. Not to mention that upon Fan y Big out of shot to the right...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone