Twll Pant-hiriol

Nearest town:
Bethesda (2km SW)
OS reference:
SH64186883
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 11' 55.7 N
Longitude:
4° 2' 0.6 W
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Image of Twll Pant-hiriol (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by blossom

One of the stoney circular areas on the hillside nearby.

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Image of Twll Pant-hiriol (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by blossom

Looking down from the left bank of the hollow. Nearer the entrance to the hollow is a small bank of stones.

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blossom Sep 5, 2011
Image of Twll Pant-hiriol (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by blossom

there is another small enclosure joined to the west side of the hut circle

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Image of Twll Pant-hiriol (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by blossom

Looking down from the back of the hollow across to Ynys Mon

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Image of Twll Pant-hiriol (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by blossom

View of the hollow, Twll pant-hiriol, on the west bank of Llefn with Y Gyrn just behind

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Articles

Twll Pant-hiriol

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blossom Sep 5, 2011

On the west side of Moel Llefn is a natural hollow. I have been meaning to go up there to investigate for a very long time. I am very glad that I did.
After quite a hard climb up the side of the hill passing a couple of stoney areas that look suspiciously like small cairns I arrived at the flat area just in front of the hollow. What a surprise.

There, nestled into bottom of the hollow, sheltered on 3 sides by the natural banks is a solitary hut circle. Brilliantly preserved.

It was a very still bright day, and while I was investigating the hut circle two crows flew over head. And because of the bowl shape of the hollow every movement of their wings was amplified. It was quite eerie. But very atmospheric.
It was so sheltered up there. I can understand why they would have settled there. Views down across the valley, and all the way across to Moelfra on Ynys Mon.
Just inside the entrance on the east of the circle is a feature that I found interesting. It is a raised area with a large flat stone to the rear. The front of the semi circular raised area is faced with stones.
In the centre of the hut circle is a sunken area that could possibly have been a hearth.

Just a note on the photos. I was fiddling around with the camera pressing lots of different buttons and ended up with photos that look as though they are post apocalyptic. However they do show the contrast between the stones and grass very well.

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