Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of)

Nearest town:
Ffestiniog (7km W)
OS reference:
SH76643935
OS sheet:
124
Latitude:
52° 56' 13.19 N
Longitude:
3° 50' 8.73 W
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Images

Image of Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of) (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

What I took to be pretty obvious remnants of a former kerb.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of) (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant (lovely little mountain, that) harbour another incoming thunderstorm.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of) (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Arenig Fawr is the distant peak, crowned – of course – by its own monument.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of) (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

This is pretty obscure, to be fair. So much so, I walked right past, only sussing it from above.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of) (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Another pretty fine cairn not marked upon OS mapping... Looking towards Carnedd Iago.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Articles

The cairn with no name overlooking the Afon Prysor

Well, no one ever said a walk upon The Migneint was going to be easy....

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Miscellaneous

Afon Prysor (Cairn to NW of)
Round Cairn
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GLADMAN May 13, 2023

Not marked upon current OS mapping, this is nevertheless well worth the dedicated Citizen Cairn seeking out. Located – as the professionals’ prosaic name makes clear – overlooking the Afon Prysor upon the uncompromising Migneint, my route, initially following the nearby Nant Gefail-y-miners from the B4391 was, to say the least, heavy going.

Coflein reckons:

“Remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age, and situated within open moorland on an outcropping ridge above Afon Prysor. The stone built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 6m in diameter and up to 0.5m in height. Several definite kerbstones are visible. The cairn has been deliberately positioned below the summit of the ridge on a slight terrace but set back from the leading edge”. [Source: Cadw scheduling description. 11/08/2004 FF]

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