The ‘crag-top’ enclosure before its magnificent parent
Image credit: Robert Gladstone
The ‘crag-top’ enclosure before its magnificent parent
My interpretation – for what it’s worth – is that the enclosure acted as an ancillary ‘lookout post’ guarding against a hostile party assembling here following an approach from Bwlch-y-maen to the south? Or maybe the enigmatic band of quartzite mirroring that below the cairn simply made this an ‘important place’?
The central peaks of Cadair Idris lord it over the head of the Dysynni valley.
Approaching through the entrance defences...
The site viewed from above to (very approx) south east...
Optically-assisted view from the great hill fort... the enclosure sits – hidden in plain sight – centre left, with the cairn rising above. Note the matching strata of quartzite...