Crug Penheol, Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn

Nearest town:
Lampeter (15km NNE)
OS reference:
SN50233547
OS sheet:
146
Latitude:
51° 59' 49.17 N
Longitude:
4° 10' 54.55 W
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Image of Crug Penheol, Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Whether ring cairn, very denuded round cairn... or ‘enclosure’, worth stopping off.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Crug Penheol, Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Note the arc of the ‘bank’ right, foreground

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jul 15, 2023

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Crug Penheol, Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn
Cairn(s)
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GLADMAN Jul 15, 2023

Easily accessed from the nearby single-track road, I wasn’t sure what to make of this, to be honest. ‘Ring cairn’, heavily denuded round cairn... or even an ‘enclosure’ of some description? In my defence, Coflein would appear to be in a similar dilemma:

“A rough circular bank of stones, c.17.5m in diameter, having an OS triangulation pillar at its centre.” [RCAHMW AP965050/66. J. Wiles 30.09.03]

Whatever the truth, the 360-degree views are extensive, the skies massive. However, given the abundance of other sites in the locale, this is (arguably) not somewhere to linger for that long... but nevertheless worth checking out.

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