Cerrig Gwynion

Nearest town:
Penmaenmawr (2km NW)
OS reference:
SH72627423
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 14' 57.89 N
Longitude:
3° 54' 33.74 W
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Image of Cerrig Gwynion (Cairn(s)) by postman

Cold, damn cold, damn damn cold, but oh so beautiful.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Apr 12, 2013
Image of Cerrig Gwynion (Cairn(s)) by postman

Would you say that’s aligned on Tal y Fan summit.
Sorry no compass, but it looked good out there.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jul 14, 2010
Image of Cerrig Gwynion (Cairn(s)) by postman

As you can see coflein sometimes fib a little about the size of its monuments, it isn’t 4 metres high its barely 1 metre high, but as ever they woefully underesteem the surroundings.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jul 14, 2010

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Cerrig Gwynion

postman
postman Jul 14, 2010

From the druids circle head towards Tal y Fan veering slightly to the left, there is no path and is squelchy in the extreme at all times.
Its not quite half way to the mountain, soon an old and knackered sheep pen? is visible go there the cairn is just 50 metres eastish.
Coflein, the scoundrels, led me to beleive that this cairn was four metres tall, which means it would be visible from the Druids circle, it is not.
The cairn barely rises above the surrounding heathland and is at best one metre tall, but the cist is just as described. The cairns position is open to the east and north and has splendid views of the north coast and Tal y fan, the local sacred mountain. The cist is aligned on either the summit of said mountain or a V shaped notch on its ridge.

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