Cefn-y-Rhondda

Also known as:
Mynydd Ty'n-tyle
Nearest town:
Mountain Ash (6km NE)
OS reference:
SS993963
OS sheet:
170
Latitude:
51° 39' 21.37 N
Longitude:
3° 27' 21.21 W
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Cairn I, looking towards the summit of Mynydd Ty’n-tyle.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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Cairn I, the southernmost of the group, looking across Rhondda Fawr.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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The top of Cairn II, showing small exposed slab (see misc. post).

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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The western side of Cairn II, showing the bedrock “kerb”.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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Cairn II (the central cairn of the group of three). Looking SE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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Visible cairn material of Cairn III. Looking NW towards Tarren Maerdy, with its own pair of cairns.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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Cairn III, looking towards Cairns I and II. Across the Rhondda Fawr valley, on the hillside far right, is the Mynydd y Gelli complex.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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Cairn III, the most northerly of the group. Looking SE towards the strangely cairn-less summit of Mynydd Ty’n-tyle.

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Cefn-y-Rhondda
Cairn(s)
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Group of three cairns on Mynydd Ty’n-tyle, on the ridge between the valleys of Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach. Coflein descriptions (north-south):

Cefn-y-Rhondda Cairn III (SS99189644)

A centrally depressed stony mound, 7.0m in diameter and 0.5m high.

Cefn-y-Rhondda Cairn II (SS99299631)

A denuded probable round cairn, although part of the ‘kerb’ on the west side appears to be bedrock. It is approximately 11m in diameter and up to 0.7m high on the west side and has an exposed slab in the centre. Set on a natural plateau, it has views across the other mountain tops but not to the valleys.

Cefn-y-Rhondda Cairn I (SS99279629)

A round cairn, 5m in diameter and up to 0.5m high. It is grass covered and in the centre is a 1m square depression with a possible cist wall exposed. Set on a natural plateau, it has views across the other mountain tops but not to the valleys.

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