This massive Bronze Age ‘Ring Cairn’ – located in the southern foothills of Y Rhinogydd above Llanaber and blessed with a fine, sweeping view of Cardigan Bay – could have been a jewel in the prehistoric crown of this beautiful coastline. Could have.....
Sadly, it now serves as a dumping ground for field clearance detritus... a rusting bath, presumably placed here for animal husbandry purposes, highlighting a lack of respect for those pioneer farmers who worked this land millennia ago. But hey, it’s not too late.
Thankfully, the well-preserved, wondrous hillfort Castell Llanaber is nearby to help restore the feelgood factor for those who do give a damn about Wales’ heritage. As it is, the ring cairn’s substantial circular footprint is nevertheless worth checking out in passing.
Coflein gives the monument’s dimensions thus:
“A circular bank of turf-covered stones, 3.0m wide & 0.5m high, 20m overall diameter.” [J.Wiles 04.11.04]