Gelli (Melindwr)

Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (13km W)
OS reference:
SN705800
OS sheets:
135, 147
Latitude:
52° 24' 8.12 N
Longitude:
3° 54' 13.49 W
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Image of Gelli (Melindwr) (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The view northeast-ish towards Pumlumon.

Image credit: A. Brookes (18.5.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2024
Image of Gelli (Melindwr) (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Looking approx Southwest... a fair view. The site of Tan-y-Ffordd hillfort can be seen within the trees, – far centre right.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Aug 1, 2022
Image of Gelli (Melindwr) (Round Barrow(s)) by Kammer

Taken 20th September 2003: Looking north east, down the relatively modern hedge bank, towards the barrow. William is on top of it waving a stick (for some reason).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 4, 2004
Image of Gelli (Melindwr) (Round Barrow(s)) by Kammer

Taken 20th September 2003: Viewed from the west, with William giving some indication of scale (he was 4 years and 4 months old at the time).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 4, 2004

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Gelli (Melindwr)

Kammer
Kammer May 4, 2004

Visited 20th September 2003: We visited the barrow on a circular walk, but if you wanted to see it for its own sake access is reasonably good. The nearest road is only half a mile away, and the barrow itself is on a public footpath.

Round barrows are quite unusual in this area (round cairns are much more common), but Gelli is one of a small selection that have survived. There’s a relatively modern hedge bank (minus the hedge) running through the barrow, so from some angles it looks very wrong. The lack of cultivation in the area means that the barrow mound is still quite large, but I have no recollection of seeing a surrounding of ditch.

Not a spectacular site, but a nice enough place to visit if you’re based in the area. The gradient from the road to the barrow is relatively shallow, but the path isn’t good enough to get a wheelchair up without some difficulty.

As an aside, I only realised after our visit that Gelli is visible against the skyline from Banc Bwa-Drain, so now I get to see it on a regular basis (as a tiny lump in the distance).

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