Mynydd Tynewydd

Also known as:
Garn Fach (Treherbert), Y Carn Bica and Y Garn Bica
Nearest town:
Aberdare (6km ENE)
OS reference:
SN943003
OS sheet:
170
Latitude:
51° 41' 27.51 N
Longitude:
3° 31' 45.71 W
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Image of Mynydd Tynewydd (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The apparently undisturbed top of Garn Fach. Much of the surrounding forestry is being felled to make way for a wind farm.

Image credit: A. Brookes (31.5.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 25, 2013
Image of Mynydd Tynewydd (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Y Carn Bica stands in a little oasis of clearing at a meeting of tracks through dense conifer forest.

Image credit: A. Brookes (31.5.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 25, 2013
Image of Mynydd Tynewydd (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

There’s not much visible stonework in the mound of Y Carn Bica, and what can be seen is quite small.

Image credit: A. Brookes (31.5.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 25, 2013

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Mynydd Tynewydd
Cairn(s)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 6, 2013

There are two cairns on Mynydd Tynewydd, currently in forestry. One of them, Garn Fach, has not conclusively been shown to be man-made.

Like the cairns on nearby Craig-y-Llyn, they are soon to be surrounded by the construction of the Pen y Cymoedd wind farm.

Coflein details:

Y Garn Bica (SN94250051)

A boundary cairn, 10.4m high and 0.6m high, robbed and capped by an OS triangulation pillar.

Garn Fach (SN94490009)

A possible cairn, 5.5m in diameter and 0.6m high.

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