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Image of Pant Blaenhirwr (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

After much futile wandering on the hillside I gave up on Garn Lwyd, which is annoying as aerial photos suggest that I’d somehow missed a very large cairn. This low green mound was in the general vicinity, but I’m pretty sure it’s not “it”. Great views across Cwm Cyfog towards Mynydd William Meyrick, which boasts a couple of very wrecked but nicely situated cairns.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.3.2022)
Image of Pant Blaenhirwr (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The rather better view southwards across the small SW cairn. The Hafren glints in the early Spring sunshine, and Exmoor stretches across the horizon.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.3.2022)
Image of Pant Blaenhirwr (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Okay, so the SW cairn isn’t the most impressive monument (it’s the lighter green patch in the centre) but it’s in a nice spot. Looking west towards a distant but prominent Foel Fynyddau (centre skyline), with Garw Forest nearer at hand.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.3.2022)

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Pant Blaenhirwr
Cairn(s)

Two (possible) cairns on the upper slopes of Pant Blaenhirwr, Coflein descriptions:

Garn Lwyd (SS9198090140)

A suggested ring cairn, 14m SW-NE to 12.5m overall diameter, in an uncharacteristic on a steep NE-facing slope.

Pant Blaenhirwr SW (SS9170189893)

A low mound, 3.5 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high with a high stone content. The vegetation cover was grass in December 2011.

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