Aber Camddwr Reconstruction

Nearest town:
Machynlleth (14km NNW)
OS reference:
SN7587
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 27' 58.22 N
Longitude:
3° 50' 24.9 W
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Image of Aber Camddwr Reconstruction (Platform Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 7th September 2002: The cairn is surrounded by a stock fence, although there’s no gate to keep the sheep out. I stood on the corner post to get this shot (the standing stone is just out of the frame).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 27, 2002
Image of Aber Camddwr Reconstruction (Platform Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 7th September 2002: I’m a sucker for standing stones, even when they’ve been moved by archaeologists. This one stands to the west of the cairn. I’m not sure whether it was standing when the site was discovered, but I suspect not.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 27, 2002
Image of Aber Camddwr Reconstruction (Platform Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 7th September 2002: Here is one of the small stones just south of the cairn platform, and you can still clearly see reference ‘B2’ painted on the side of it from the reconstruction process.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 27, 2002
Image of Aber Camddwr Reconstruction (Platform Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 7th September 2002: This is the (rather sinister) Nant-y-Moch Dam. If you own the latest version of the Landranger map for the area (135) you can take a closer look, because it’s on the front cover. The red arrow indicates where the cairn is now sited, but it was originally just ‘off-shore’ of the promontory where it has been reconstructed (in the direction of the dam).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 27, 2002

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Aber Camddwr Reconstruction

Kammer
Kammer Oct 8, 2002

This Bronze Age platform cairn was originally sited further down the valley (SN75108690), and was flooded when the Nant y Moch Reservoir was created in 1961. The cairn was rediscovered in 1984 when the level of the reservoir was low. After excavation it was moved piece by piece to its current location (you can still make out some of the numbers painted on the stones to identify them).

It’s usually pretty easy to find the cairn, but in poor weather you might not spot it from the road because its surrounded by reeds. Coming from Ponterwyd you need to cross the Nant y Moch Dam itself, then after the first cattle grid start looking out for the site on your right. There is a stock fence around the cairn (but no gate to stop the sheep or visitors from getting in). There’s also a conveniently placed lay-by for parking in.

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