Nant Maesnant Fach

Nearest town:
Machynlleth (14km NNW)
OS reference:
SN763867
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 27' 49.58 N
Longitude:
3° 49' 15.63 W
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Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

An aerial view of the cairn from Drosgol..........

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 28, 2020
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Pumlumon Fach (Pen Pumlumon Fawr’s north-west ridge) rises top right of image....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2020
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Looking approx north across the monument... choose a hilltop here at Pumlumon... and it is crowned by cairns

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2020
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Sunburst upon the cairn at Nant Measnant Fach... Drosgol, crowned by two more, rises across the reservoir.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2020
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Not an earthen barrow.... definately a great round cairn, this. Plenty of stone peeking through the long grass.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 6, 2012
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by Kammer

Taken 16th March 2003: Looking north west, with Nant-y-Moch Reservoir and Drosgol in the background.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
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Kammer Jun 9, 2003
Image of Nant Maesnant Fach (Cairn(s)) by Kammer

Taken 16th March 2003: The cairn viewed from the direction of the road that runs to the east.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Jun 9, 2003

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Nant Maesnant Fach

Kammer
Kammer Jun 9, 2003

Visited 16th March 2003: A bit more impressive than Nant-y-Fedwen, this round cairn is really obvious from the road. It’s quite large for the area, given it’s altitude and the relative fertility of the surrounding land (I mean relative to the mountain peaks rather than the lowlands).

This cairn would once have shared the valley with a number of other sites, some of which (like the Aber Camddwr Ring Cairn) were destroyed with the creation of the Nant-y-Moch Reservoir. The peaks of all the surrounding mountains still have Bronze Age cairns on them, and there are still a number of sites along the valley. This area must have been humming with ritual significance a few thousand years ago!

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