Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau

Nearest town:
Llanrwst (7km E)
OS reference:
SH73936543
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 10' 14.37 N
Longitude:
3° 53' 10.57 W
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Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by postman

My lunchtime view, better than the back of Tesco’s, no ? A snow spattered Foel fras hides in the cloud.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Dec 22, 2014
Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by postman

Two thousand years ago and I’d be standing next to at least seven round houses.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Dec 22, 2014
Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by postman

looking through the hut entrance and on to Pen Llithrig Y Wrach.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Dec 22, 2014
Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Looking from a very, very windy Moel Eilio ..... the settlement is by the prominent, isolated trees upon the floor of the cwm (lower centre) ... a sure sign that its former inhabitants knew what they were doing choosing a sheltered spot. The high peaks of Y Carneddau form the impressive backdrop, Carnedd Llewelyn prominent.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Nov 4, 2014
Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by postman

A bit dark but clearer than all the other pictures I took. Not the rectangle but all round it, particularly below it.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Sep 23, 2012
Image of Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Looking towards the site [lower right hand slopes of Moel Eilio across the valley] from the wonderful rock formations of Craig Eigiau. The Afon Porth-Llwyd can be seen veering sharply to the right to descend to the Coedty Reservoir.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Feb 3, 2011

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Moel Eilio, Y Carneddau
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Feb 3, 2011

Probably one for completists only – or the... er.... obsessed – but I guess well worth having a look around if you’re a lover of remote mountain landscapes and discovering traces of the human beings who actually used to call such desolate spots ‘home’. That’ll be me, then.

The settlement – or what remains of it – sits upon the south-western slopes of Moel Eilio, outlier of the shapely, funerary cairn-topped Pen-Llithrig-y-Wrach (the ‘slippery hill of the witch’) which forms a fine triumvirate with Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn (also bearing a Bronze Age cairn) at the head of the valley beyond. The site itself overlooks the Afon Porth-Llwyd and Llyn Eigiau Reservoir, the impressive crags of Craig Eigiau adding the finishing touch to the vista. Not bad scenery, then.

According to Coflein:

‘A settlement of 7 hut circles from 3-7m in diameter. Several enclosures of loose-lipped rubble walls. Hut circles badly mutilated and barely discernible. Modern sheepfold built in centre of site. (JONES.RS/CAP/2003)’.

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