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Image of Esgair-y-graig (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Looking towards Esgair-y-graig – apparently carrying a section of the ‘Wye Valley Walk’ – from Esgair Clochfan. The cairn I identified is located extreme left of the ‘green section’ of the ridge.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image of Esgair-y-graig (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

Although very poorly treated – an immovable loop of barbed wire is embedded within the surface of the cairn – this remains a reasonably preserved monument. However, the surface of the ridge is very badly drained and, furthermore, churned up to buggery by bovines. As a result, I was not able to identify the posited second cairn to the south (SN8957076781).

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
Image of Esgair-y-graig (Round Cairn) by GLADMAN

The Esgair Clochfan cairn is located before the treeline, left skyline. I had visited as part of a ‘horseshoe walk’ commencing with Carn y Groes...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

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