Twr Pen-cyrn Circle

Nearest town:
Brynmawr (3km SSW)
OS reference:
SO2029214494
OS sheet:
161
Latitude:
51° 49' 22.45 N
Longitude:
3° 9' 23.9 W
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Image of Twr Pen-cyrn Circle (Ring Cairn) by GLADMAN

Looking toward the ‘stone circle’ from the northern cairn. The surfeit of surface rock perhaps helps to explain why, like TSC, we were far from sure there is anything artificial here at all!

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 9, 2013
Image of Twr Pen-cyrn Circle (Ring Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Is this it? The only circular stone arrangement I found near the cairns, although it looks more like the remains of a ring cairn than anything you could call a ‘stone circle’. There is a circular band of stones, incorporating some larger blocks on the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.1.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 9, 2011

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Twr Pen-cyrn Circle

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 30, 2012

However, there is also the small matter of the “stone circle”, one of the main reasons for coming here today. This proves a rather harder task to find.

As mentioned, the whole hilltop is covered in scatters of limestone blocks, a crazy jumble of swirls and fans. I wander about for a while in the area where Coflein suggests the “circle” is to be found (slightly north and west of the main cairn group). Eventually I find a circular feature that pretty-much matches the description and location. I would never have described this as a “stone circle” though. I looks more like a ring cairn of some sort. More visits by more knowledgeable people might help decide. It’s somewhat churlish to complain anyway, as the location and the main cairn group make this place more than worthwhile for a visit.

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Twr Pen-cyrn Circle
Ring Cairn
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 3, 2011

Possible stone circle, recorded as such on Coflein:

A roughly circular arrangement of stones adjacent to the cairn on the summit of Mynydd Pen Cyrn. Approximately 2m in diameter it is built from boulders of various grades and appears to be 2 to 3 boulders in height with the lower course earth-fast. It is possible that this is the feature recorded by Kay, 1952, as an avenue .

J. Winterburn, John Winterburn Archaeological Services, July 2005.

Sounds as likely to be a ring or kerb cairn.

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