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Image of Graig-wen (Llanddewi Brefi) (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Just the spot to sprawl back in the heather for lunch.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image of Graig-wen (Llanddewi Brefi) (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Pen y Corn, with a brace of cairns, is obscured by the trees beyond. I combined a visit.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image of Graig-wen (Llanddewi Brefi) (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Without an OS map – and a little attitude – one would easily walk (or more probably drive) right past this monument. Would be a pity... since the road is SO quiet it might as well not be there. Bit breezy, though.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

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Graig-wen (Llanddewi Brefi)
Cairn(s)

Set in a forestry clearing at the head of Cwm Twrch, a few miles above and to the approx south-east of the idyllic village of Llanddewi Brefi, this Bronze Age cairn is very much of the ‘if you didn’t know it was here’ variety, despite being hidden in plain sight immediately beside the sole road traversing the valley.

The monument was more-or-less engulfed with springy heather at the time of my September visit, with just a small section of exposed cairn material – topped by a fading, hand-painted sign confirming its prehistoric ancestry – visible amongst the otherwise all-prevailing green.

Those who, the alien presence of conifers upon our uplands notwithstanding, discern a special vibe within the bosom of massed trees will find a brief (or extended, as you wish) interlude here worthwhile. The violent, wind-induced motion of the foliage was, indeed, something to experience... at odds, yet somehow complimentary to the relaxed lunchtime vibe following a full-on morning upon Pen y Corn to the immediate east.

Coflein has this to say:

“A disturbed round cairn, 8.5m in diameter & 0.4m high, set on generally level ground.” [J.Wiles 23.07.04]

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