Nant Geifaes

Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (15km WSW)
OS reference:
SN73188331
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 25' 57.33 N
Longitude:
3° 51' 56.25 W
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Image of Nant Geifaes (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Zooming in on the descent of Esgair Nant-y-Moch – the cairn is approx centre, to the left of the ‘sheep enclosure’, or whatever it is.

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Image of Nant Geifaes (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Towards Esgair Gorlan..

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Image of Nant Geifaes (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Deteriorating conditions, toward Esgair Nant-y-Moch

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Image of Nant Geifaes (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Note the hillfort occupying the eponymous Dinas beyond. Clearly the locals were – perhaps still are – pragmatic people.

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Image of Nant Geifaes (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Note the most impressive of cairns, but it would appear to have been substantially robbed to build the adjacent rectangular sheep enclosure.... if that’s what it is (?).... so perhaps once upon a time this was a major monument. The central hill is the wondrous Dinas.

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Nant Geifaes
Round Barrow(s)
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GLADMAN Sep 29, 2012

Coflein logs the following in respect of this cairn, overlooking the mountain road from Ponterwyd to Penrhyn-coch. [Take care at the nearby ford after (not uncommon) heavy rain if you aren’t used to such things]:

‘Probable round barrow on the crest of a spur on open moorland. Measures 14m in diameter x 0.4m high. It is turf covered. The central area has been robbed out, possibly to build a nearby sheepfold. [R.S. Jones, Cambrian Archaeological Projects, 2004].‘

Well worth stopping off for a look – or even an extended stop, since there is great vibe here, what with the shapely profile of the wondrous Dinas hillfort rising beyond. No fences to contend with, although a large sheepfold, constructed, one assumes, of former cairn material, obstructs the monument’s profile from the road.

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