Pen Tir

Nearest town:
Crickhowell (7km ESE)
OS reference:
SO17602438
OS sheet:
161
Latitude:
51° 54' 40.88 N
Longitude:
3° 11' 52.99 W
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Image of Pen Tir (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The cairn may be a bit of an overgrown mess, but 100% worth the visit for the excellent views, especially of be-cairned Pen Allt-mawr/Pen Gloch-y-pibwr.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.12.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2012
Image of Pen Tir (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Did I mention that it was overgrown? Looks like a job for a megalithic gardener. Looking NE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.12.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2012
Image of Pen Tir (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

There is some visible stonework under the bushes, just to let you know you really have found the cairn. Ffynnon Las on the skyline opposite is home to a much more extensive Bronze Age cemetery.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.12.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2012
Image of Pen Tir (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The cairn is seriously overgrown (clue: it’s under the gorse) but has very decent views. Looking SW towards the eastern peaks of the Brecon Beacons, Tor y Foel, Allt Lwyd and flat-topped Waun Rydd.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.12.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2012

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Pen Tir
Round Cairn
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2012

Cairn sited on the steep slopes of Pen Tir, the southeastern ridge of Mynydd Llangorse.

Can be found by following a steep, narrow path through bracken heading uphill from the Coed y Gaer promontory “fort”.

Coflein description (courtesy of David Leighton, 2006):

“Cairn I, Pentre, is a robbed round cairn located on the sloping nose of a ridge, at a point where it levels out slightly, at an altitude of 330m above sea level. The cairn measures 13.5m (E-W) by 12.5m and 1m high on the S, the mound merging with rising ground on the north. An earthfast slab on the north perimeter measuring 0.35m long, 0.2m high and 0.03m thick is a possible kerb stone.
The interior has been hollowed out to form a central depression 3m (E-W) by 2m and 0.6m deep. The entire mound is overgrown with gorse.”

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