Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr

Also known as:
Llechwedd Llwyd
Nearest town:
Machynlleth (10km NNE)
OS reference:
SN71269168
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 30' 26.48 N
Longitude:
3° 53' 49.51 W
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Image of Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr (Megalithic Cemetery) by GLADMAN

Looking towards the main ridge of Pumlumon...... so many cairns.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Looking toward the neighbouring northern cairn from the summit monument.

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Looking across the eponymous upland lake (with attributed mystical feminine associations) to the great cairn surmounting Llechwedd Llwyd

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A ‘moment’ at the northern cairn.

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South(ish) from the northern cairn toward another great cairn upon Llechwedd Llwyd. Note the lake, scene of a local ‘Lady in the Lake’ legend.

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Looking across the Tarren Hills to not too distant Cadair Idris (top right)... from Moel y Llyn’s northern cairn.

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A rare sunburst (for the day) upon Moel y Llyn’s northern cairn (at SN71249183).

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The summit cairn of Moel y Llyn.... the interior unfortunately ravaged by unthinking vandals masquerading as ‘walkers’... but still pretty substantial.

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Needless to say there’s a lot of basketfulls in that.... Llechwedd Llwyd [SN71079141], south-west of Moel y Llyn. The cairn, including the relatively recent upper remodelling, bears a very Pumlumonian-vibe. Not surprisingly...

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Llechwedd Llwyd [SN71079141], south-west of Moel y Llyn. The cairn does not possess an eye-catching elevation – we’ll leave the modern beehive out of this (which I’m actually growing to like around Mid Wales) – but the footprint needs to be taken seriously.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Yet another substantial cairn gracing an outlying summit of Pumlumon.... Llechwedd Llwyd [SN71079141] to south-west of Moel y Llyn.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Looking across Cwm Ceulan to Moel y Llyn.

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Folklore

Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr
Megalithic Cemetery
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GLADMAN Jan 1, 2018

Llyn Moel y Llyn – the hill’s haunting upland tarn – is, it would appear, referenced in Caer Arglwyddes, ‘The Lady’s Field’, sited below to the west. According to Dr Gwilym Morus: “I had a conversation with an old lady who’s father had been born at Cae’r Arglwyddes, and according to her the name of the farm refers to a ‘lady of the lake’ folktale about the small lake up on Moel-y-llyn”.

So, yet another reason to visit this enigmatic northern outlier of Pumlumon crowned by a quartet of Bronze Age cairns....

welshmythology.com/tag/cwm-einion/

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