Harlech Circle

Also known as:
Bedd Gorfal, Bedd Gurfal and Rhyd-yr-Eirin
Nearest town:
Porthmadog (9km WNW)
OS reference:
SH613312
OS sheet:
124
Latitude:
52° 51' 36.11 N
Longitude:
4° 3' 37.47 W
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Images

Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by thesweetcheat

Really like this site, the windblown hawthorn bushes add to the setting.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.5.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 12, 2016
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by thesweetcheat

Orthostatic slabs inside the rim of the possible ring cairn at SH61123094.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.5.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 12, 2016
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by postman

Map and Coflein suggests this is a hut circle

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman May 29, 2016
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by postman

Map and Coflein suggests this is a hut circle, the stone circle is over the hill on the left.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman May 29, 2016
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by GLADMAN

Rhyd-yr-Eirin.... a beautiful monument looking towards the brutal Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr is prominent, top right.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 19, 2016
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by jones-y-gog

Looking east with some of the majestic Rhinog range in view.
January 2012

Image credit: jones-y-gog
jones-y-gog
jones-y-gog Jun 27, 2013
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by GLADMAN

Looking toward the heart of Y Rhinogydd.....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Feb 17, 2013
Image of Harlech Circle (Cairn circle) by blossom

This looks to me like a cairn. I passed this on the way to the circle.

Image credit: Bloss
blossom
blossom Oct 12, 2011

Articles

Harlech Circle

blossom
blossom Oct 12, 2011

Taking the first left after the castle and driving up the very very steep windy road. I was delighted and surprised to find that my camper van was able to climb it. You will come to a crossroads with a phone box and post box.
Turn left here. Follow the road along you will see a standing stone on the right hand side.
Just after this is a small layby / bin store.
Take the next right. You have to go through two lots of farm track gates. Luckily I had my son with me, because there are lots of these around here.
A little while after the 2nd lot of gates you will see a public footpath signposted on both sides of the track. There is a stream that has been culverted under the track. Lots of room to park here.
Taking the path on the left, follow it around the side of the little hill and keep going left. I passed another circular structure that looked to me like a cairn. (I’ve added a pic) Pass through the gap in the old stone wall and then follow the track up hill.
When the ground levels the circle is on your right.

Harlech Circle

R
rdavymed Sep 8, 2003

High above Harlech, you need to take the unclassified Road from Llanfair and park up on the left past the farm entrance. Hop over the fence and walk up the bracken filled steep hill. The Circle will appear on your left as you go over the hill in a clearing. There are signs of a possible 2nd circle 50 yards away.

Miscellaneous

Harlech Circle
Cairn circle
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 12, 2016

There is another possible ring cairn at SH61123094.

Gwynedd Archaeological Trust have it listed as a hut circle, but the most recent notes in 2001 say:

Possibly a ring cairn, not a hut circle. It has inner orthostatic thin slabs, no obvious entrance and on an exposed viewpoint. However, an old wall adjoins and there is possibly early field. Also rather large for a hut circle 7m internal diameter (Smith 2001).

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