Mynydd y Llyn

Nearest town:
Tywyn (7km W)
OS reference:
SN65209866
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 34' 6.99 N
Longitude:
3° 59' 20.98 W
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Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The eastern cairn, of questionable prehistoric provenance, is on the top of the hill in the centre. Seen across Llyn Barfog.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.4.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 27, 2024
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Remains of orthostatic kerb on the western cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.4.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 27, 2024
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

From the (very windy) summit of Bryn Dinas... Llyn Barfod is to right, Pumlumon rising across the Dyfi.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 5, 2016
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

The reason for the hill’s name is clear from upon Trum Gelli... the Afon Dyfi concludes its journey from its inception beneath Aran Fawddwy to the sea beyond. Pumlumon... with a few river sources of its own, rises top left. Bryn Dinas, to right, apparently possesses a couple of cists? I shall investigate when opportunity knocks.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 5, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking down on the west cairn (centre). The high hill on the right skyline is Trum Gelli, boasting three Bronze Age cairns.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.5.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking across Llyn Barfog from the west cairn. The northeast cairn is on top of the rocky knoll, centre skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.5.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The position of the west cairn, seen across Llyn Barfog.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.5.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The northeastern cairn overlooking Llyn Barfog.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.5.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The northeast cairn on its rocky outcrop. It’s probably a modern marker, I couldn’t see anything obvious to indicate an earlier structure.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.5.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015
Image of Mynydd y Llyn (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Looking across Cwm Maethlon to Llyn Barfog and Mynydd-y-LLyn from Bryn Dinas. Pumlumon rises beyond the Dyfi Estuary. No wonder they call it ‘happy valley’.......

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Aug 7, 2010

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Mynydd y Llyn
Round Cairn
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 31, 2015

The OS 1:25000 shows two cairns on Mynydd y Llyn in “antiquity” script, one to the west of Llyn Barfog (the NGR for this site) and one on a rocky eminence to the northeast of the lake.

Coflein and GAT only record the western cairn, but the GAT record states “Not visited but will be. This map square seems to have been missed off the database enquiry for the desk top study and this site only found during hand checking of all the map index sheets.”

On visiting, the western cairn looks like a definite Bronze Age example, but the northeastern cairn appears to be a modern marker. It would be interesting to know the background to the OS choice of script for this one.

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