Cefn Penagored Ridge

Nearest town:
Bala (12km W)
OS reference:
SJ041335
OS sheet:
125
Latitude:
52° 53' 23.96 N
Longitude:
3° 25' 31.97 W
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Images

Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking along the low bank. The Arenigs can be seen on the distant skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 16, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The little stone up the hill from the cairn. With hindsight I think it was built into a bank, probably part of an ancient field system, the low remains of which can be seen on either side.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 16, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking southeast along the Nant Cwm Twywll, with Nant Esgeiriau over to the right. There are many more monuments on the slopes ahead around these streams.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 16, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking south towards the Nant y Waun, with the Berwyns ridge ridge above.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.3.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 16, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Closer to the cist, clearly we can only see the long sides of the cist, hopefully the end pieces are just below the grass, which grows thick and quick round here.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 26, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Just yards from the cairn Thesweatcheat pointed this out to me, looks to be a small fallen stone with stone hole and possible packing stones.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 26, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Just yards from the cairn Thesweatcheat pointed this out to me, looks to be a small fallen stone with stone hole and possible packing stones.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Mar 26, 2018
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Looking over the cairn ?? towards the mist capped Berwyn mountains

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 22, 2011
Image of Cefn Penagored Ridge (Kerbed Cairn) by postman

Does that look some kind of cairn to you ? it did when I was there, but now i’m not as sure.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 22, 2011

Articles

Cefn Penagored Ridge

postman
postman Mar 26, 2018

Seven years later and I’m back, and I’ve got a sweatcheat with me, a sweatcheat? there is only one, well, two, but the other is fictional.
Walking west north west from the Cwm Tywyll ritual complex (a group of cairns), towards the big hill that is Cefn Penagored, aim for the exposed rocks at its southern end. Now turn and walk straight to the very top and you’ll pass this kerb cairn on the way, it’ll be on your left. Coflein is very confusing about this wide ridge, there are two cairns upon it’s sides, or maybe four, or even five, we only found two, about 250 meters apart, but separated by a sea of Gorse, call it a nasty name, go on, it doesn’t care.

First time I saw this kerb cairn I couldn’t work out which one of the two or four or five it was. This is the Cefn Penagored ridge cairns, it is supposed to have two other low cairns associated with it. Couldn’t find them, or maybe we found one, with a big fallen stone in it??? See pictures.
Coflein also says the cist is intact but we could only see the two long side panels but not the end slabs, perhaps they are under the grass.
Alken rather fancied he could see a double line of kerb stones, I could too, or maybe they are just stones near a cairn, we both often see possible kerbing in most cairns, but then we wear our stoning goggles at all times.

Cefn Penagored Ridge

postman
postman Jun 22, 2011

I approached Cefn Penagored ridge from Pennant cairn and walked along its western flank looking below me around me and everywhere, I could not see the circle of stones in cofleins pictures nor could I find the kerb cairn with central cist, but this little cairn (pictured) might just be one of the two satelite barrows next to that one.
Even when I came back the same way but favouring the lower slopes I still couldnt find it, but I did find the Penagored standing stone.

Cefn Penagored Ridge

Idwal
Idwal Oct 2, 2006

The Coflein description sounds interesting:
“Remains of a cairn defined by a circular ring or kerb of upright edge stones and a central burial cist lined by stone slabs. The cairn is accompanied by two simple round barrows, possibly satellite cairns, both 3m in diameter and 0.3m high.”

Unfortunately I couldn’t identify anything amidst the mass of stones that lie around!

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