Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn

Also known as:
Banc Du Cairn
Nearest town:
Llanidloes (11km W)
OS reference:
SO041791
OS sheets:
136, 147
Latitude:
52° 24' 3.79 N
Longitude:
3° 24' 35.04 W
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Images

Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

For all the jumble of stones in the centre, this is a superb ring cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 8, 2016
Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by postman

Sunset at Fowlers armchair cairn, the stone circle, or whats left of it is right behind me.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 29, 2016
Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 25th May 2004: This shot is taken from the south with a telephoto lense.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 1, 2004
Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 25th May 2004: The cairn viewed from the south east, with William (3ft 6”) standing in amongst the cairn material. In the background is the windfarm at Pegwyn Mawr.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 1, 2004
Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 25th May 2004: The southern side of Domen-Ddu, with massive erosion from scrambler motorbikes visible on the hillside in the distance.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 1, 2004
Image of Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn (Round Cairn) by Kammer

Taken 25th May 2004: Viewed from (approximately) the north east, here’s Domen-Ddu.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Sep 1, 2004

Articles

Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn

postman
postman Nov 29, 2016

Presuming you’ve got to the insignificant no-where that is Davids Well, head west on the only turning and go as far as you can, park.
Walk.
Up hill following a track, at the top turn right, walk straight on passing a quarry, the cairn may soon be made out below you, between the slight hill your on and the next one.

We arrived just before sunset, just in time, which is good seeing as this was the seventh site of the day, it doesn’t often go according to plan, but today it did, which was good, as I’ve said.
Coflein says of this cairn........ A much disturbed disturbed cairn, 13m in diameter and 0.4m high, showing kerb stones to the NE....... So it’s in an actual class of cairns called disturbed and it’s then been disturbed, further? disturbing grammar aside, the cairn is very disturbed, only the north east kerbing is possibly original, but it still goes all the way round, disturbed.
Some stones of the cairn are neatly piled, disturbed, and in the middle where one might expect a cist, only a jumble of cairn, with one possible stone that looks like it might come from a cist. Disturbed.

The large rock right next to the cairn is The Arm chair of the Giant Fowler, and encompassing it is the still discernible stone circle.
One very good thing about the site is the view down the valley, perhaps aligning the stone circle with the cairn and the mid winter sunset.

Fowler’s Arm Chair Cairn

Kammer
Kammer Sep 6, 2004

Visited 25th May 2004: The Cairn next to Fowler’s Arm Chair is much more obvious than the alleged stone circle it stands next to. We approached from the south and had a picnic lunch at the cairn. The weather was spectacular, but the scene was spoilt slightly by the constant sound of 2-stroke motorbike engines coming from across the valley.

This is a great cairn! It’s chunky and well defined compared to many we’ve encountered. Thoroughly recommended as a picnic spot.

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