Slightly warped panorama view from the top centred to the north. Shows how amazing the views up here are though, especially out over the Dwyryd Estuary to the north, Bay of Ceredigion to the west, and the peaks of the Rhinogydd to the east.
Always a fan of aerial views of hill forts... here looking from the wondrously undervalued – and very, very windy – Clip, northern Rhinogydd. The equally wondrous Ffridd Fron kerbed cairn lies unseen (centre-ish), The Lleyn Peninsular rising above Tremadog Bay beyond.
Low autumn afternoon light on Moel Goedog (right), from the northeast on the path running from Bryn Cader Faner and Llyn Eiddew-Bach to the Moel Goedog cairn circles.
Looking down on the Dwyryd estuary across the northwestern ramparts.
Looking along the ramparts towards prominent Foel Senigl.
Structure inside the fort.
Eastern ramparts.
At the highest part of the fort, crossed by the drystone wall, is a sub-circular feature. Maybe the remains of a hut circle, or even an earlier cairn?
Northeastern ramparts, looking towards the cloud-obscured northern Rhinogydd.
Approaching from the southwest along the line of standing stones. The eastern of the two ring cairns is just above and to the right of the sheep. The flank is marked with a number of curving features that appear to be man-made.
What’s that coming over the hill?
He’s not a monster he’s a human being, is my mate Alken.
What are hill forts made of?
hills and gales,
and small pieces of shale,
that’s what hill forts are made of.
Who knows? lets just call it a feature.
The entrance
The Eifionydd crown a majestic view across Aber Dwyryd. Moel y Gest is the prominent hill fort (top left), Portmeirion the bonkers village, resplendent in white
The pretty much destroyed eastern ramparts...... still, The Rhinogydd make a pretty spectacular backdrop, do they not?
Highlighting (or so I believe – please shout if I’m mistaken...) the greater landscape context of the site, extreme top left. The viewpoint is the wonderful summit ridge of Y Cnicht, towering above Cwm Croesor.
Towards Central Snowdonia from the hillfort..... there are worse views, to be fair.
Spent a very enjoyable few hours walking up the road from the start of the Fonllech Stone Row, counting menhirs as we went with the hillfort ever in our sights. Had some fun spotting shapes in the rocks, particularly a dinosaur head at Stone 5 and a rather chunky rump and pair of legs at Stone 4.
The ring cairn by Stone 9 and the paired ones just below the hillfort itself were also great additions and strongly suggest this gentle ridge formed an important processional way of some kind. Despite its more modest topographic location it certainly provides views out over much of the surrounding landscape, including the Dwyryd Estuary and coastal plain to the north/west as well as the high Rhinogydd to the east.
The presumably later hillfort likewise enjoys spectacular views, including right across to the Snowdon massif in the distance. Interestingly the ramparts are bisected not just by more modern drystone walls but also several long linear outcrops of the basal rock. Definitely worth the diversion from the path below!
After some 20 years walking the Welsh Hills I finally ‘bothered’ to haul my aching frame up here... suffice to say it was 20 years too late. Muppet.
Although the ramparts are bisected by very substantial drystone walls, there’s still quite a bit to be seen. If you can tear your eyes away from the majestic view of the Dwyryd Estuary, with Central Snowdonia’s peaks rising beyond, that is.
The Italianate – and frankly, bonkers – Portmeirion is visible to the right of Porthmadog across the water [I am not a number, I am a free man...etc] and The Rhinogydd rear up to the south-east, offering some of the roughest walking in these Isles.
I can’t imagine this hilltop offered the most comfortable living of the Iron Age, but I’d say it arguably possesses the finest views of any in the UK. Why, there’s even two cairn circles below to the west.....
About 360m high this hillfort is cut into thirds by two walls with two stiles, the grass is kept short by the sheep of which there seems to be loads of round here. I parked by Fonleif Hir C standing stone and walked the track past three more standing stones and at the two cairn circles go straight up hill .
I know this might sound a bit samey but from up here there are absolutely staggering views.
