Rhyd-y-Gethin (Cairns)

Nearest town:
Bala (12km W)
OS reference:
SJ03213264
OS sheet:
125
Latitude:
52° 52' 55.71 N
Longitude:
3° 26' 18.66 W
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Yr Aran II. The main Yr Aran group is in the lighter area in front of the trees to the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2018
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Yr Aran II, the finest cairn in the whole cemetery, topped with quartz blocks.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2018
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Rhyd y Gethin III/Yr Aran I, looking towards the head of the Pennant valley (Cwm Crechwyl).

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2018
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Rhyd y Gethin IV. The main Yr Aran group is in the more overgrown area beyond the fence to the left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2018
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Rhyd y Gethin IV, the first of these cairns you come to when coming from the concentrated Yr Aran cairn field.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2018
Image of Rhyd-y-Gethin (Cairns) (Cairn(s)) by postman

Who put all that there? Coflein says, centrally it’s disturbed, no shit Sherlock.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 25, 2018
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Cairn topped Foel Cwm Sian Llwyd is sometimes visible across the valley.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 25, 2018
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A big cairn topped with a jumble of Quartz and grey rock.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 25, 2018
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Weirdly two or three of these cairns are grouped together under the name Rhyd-y-Gethin, whilst the others are Yr Aran.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 25, 2018
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The big cairn is up hill above the feeder.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Mar 25, 2018
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Nearly all the cairns had an element of quartz involved, original or intrusive?

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 25, 2018
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Map shows two cairns here, but there is three

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Mar 25, 2018

Articles

Rhyd-y-Gethin (Cairns)

postman
postman Mar 26, 2018

Just over one or two fences, and within site of the Yr Aran cairns are three cairns, lower down the slope are two partially grass covered low mound of stones, both have lumps of quartz on top. Map and Coflein says there should be just one lower down cairn but we could clearly see two. from these two cairns we can see the other cairn higher up the hill, about half way up. It seems to have big white somethings piled high on top of it. We walk up hill.
This is the best of all the cairns here in this big group.
It is the largest and has lots of big quartz chunks piled on top of it mixed with the more normal coloured rocks, they probably aren’t original, and might cover the only intact cist up here. Who knows.
Views of the Berwyns, Sian Llwyd and very distant Snowdonia are very good.

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