Tair Carn Isaf

Nearest town:
Ammanford (7km SW)
OS reference:
SN68401681
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 50' 1.95 N
Longitude:
3° 54' 36.58 W
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Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

A retrospective sunburst... the western outlying cairn is seen to left, the south-western main ridge cairn above to right.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 27, 2015
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Western cairn, with the south-western rising above.

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GLADMAN Apr 27, 2015
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

The wild, inhospitable and utterly wondrous summit ridge of Tair Carn Isaf, looking approx north-east towards the heart of Y Mynydd Du..... Bronze Age cairns as far as the eyes can see. And that’s a fact.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 20, 2015
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

The much smaller north-eastern cairn – no bees in this ‘un. Note two of the massive Tair Carn Uchaf cairns rising beyond.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Looking west. Note the western cairn upon the lower ridge.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Looking to the coast across the south-western cairn from the middle cairn.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

The little stone seat would appear to be a (rather annoying) local idiosyncracity.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

The south-western cairn upon the summit plateau... the Mam C provides scale (since I couldn’t get her off – although the honey bees subsequently found to be occupying the cairn forcibly removed us later on!). Note the extensive footprint to left and right of the surviving stone pile.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Western cairn.... and what looks to me very much like a rifled cist

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 22, 2011
Image of Tair Carn Isaf (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Towards Tair Carn Isaf [distant centre left] from the great central cairn upon neighbouring Tair Carn Uchaf.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Tair Carn Isaf
Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
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GLADMAN Apr 13, 2010

Coflein descriptions of the four large Bronze Age cairns upon this ridge:

1) SN68321673. A much disturbed cairn 20m across and 2.2m high
2) SN68451686 – Severely robbed cairn, 12m diameter and 1.2m high
3) SN68401681 – Damaged at centre but the best preserved of the group; diameter 15m, height 1.8m.
4) SN68061682 – Severely mutilated, 9m across and 1m high.

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