Cwm Fforch-wen

Nearest town:
Ammanford (16km WSW)
OS reference:
SN788139
OS sheet:
160
Latitude:
51° 48' 36.27 N
Longitude:
3° 45' 29.76 W
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Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Small stoney mound close to the Cwm Fforch-wen cairn, which looks like it may be a clearance cairn (Coflein is silent).

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 3, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The large (1.5m long) slab on the southwestern side of the Cwm Fforch-wen cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 3, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The less than impressive Cwm Fforch-wen cairn, notable chiefly for the large slab on the SW side of the cairn. Cribarth can be seen on the right skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 3, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The curving band of rock immediately north of Llorfa round cairn, mentioned in the Coflein record.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 2, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking south towards be-cairned Mynydd Allt-y-grug. Note earthfast boulder on the northern edge of the cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 2, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Llorfa round cairn, looking roughly east towards Cribarth, the top of which is visible above the trees of Giedd Forest.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 2, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Llorfa round cairn peaks out from the tussocky grass. Immediately beyond is the stone band mentioned in the Coflein record. The ridge on the left is Llorfa itself, location of a mini-megalithic complex.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.9.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 2, 2013
Image of Cwm Fforch-wen (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Returning to the car in a roundabout way – it has to be done – I came across this cairn marked in ‘antiquarian’ typeface upon the OS map at SN78731379. Coflein reckons a ‘possible’ clearance cairn. Perhaps. Although with the volume of surface stone lying around I would question that myself.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Sep 19, 2011

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Cwm Fforch-wen
Cairn(s)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 27, 2013

Two cairns at the southern end of the Cefn Mawr ridge, to the east of the Gwys Fach and (in the case of the northern cairn) intervisible with Llorfa menhir. Coflein descriptions:

Cwm Fforch-wen (SN78861400)

Situated on the crest of a ridge lies a disturbed cairn. It consists of a stony mound measuring 7m (NE-SW) by 6m and 0.3m high. Towards its SW edge lies a slab, embedded in the cairn, which measures 1.6m long, 0.2m thick and with a height of 0.3m above the mound. Aligned NW-SE, the slab is perhaps the remains of a cist.

Llorfa round cairn (SN78731379)

A small cairn lies on roughly level ground on the broad crest of a ridge, a short distance from field walls and sheep folds. The turf covered mound, topped with loose stones, measures 4m in diameter and about 0.4m high. On the immediate N there is a broad band of stones which appears to demarcate the relatively clear ground to the S from the more stony ground to the N.

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