Landscape context from the southwest. Fron y Gog is the prominent conifer covered hill in the centre of the picture, rising over the streets of Machynlleth.
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The very low mound is to the right of the cows. Looking NW.
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Believe it or not, it’s between me and the cows.
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Tarrenhendre, centre skyline. Afon Dyfi below.
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The Trum Gelli cairns are at the left-hand end of the Tarren ridge. Tarrenhendre (also with a Bronze Age barrow) is right of centre. Tarren y Gesail, the highest summit of the Tarrenau, but without a cairn, is extreme right. The Afon Dyfi is the border between Dyfed/Ceredigion and Gwynedd, once two different kingdoms.
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The Tarrenau from Foel Fawr across the Afon Dyfi to the southeast.
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The twin summits of the Tarrenau, seen from Pant-coch across the Afon Dyfi in Ceredigion. Tarrenhendre is the rounded summit on the left, Tarren y Gesail – with no cairn – on the right.
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The conifer-topped hill on the right is Fron y Gog hillfort.
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According to CPAT the stone is possibly volcanic.
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Looking west-ish.
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Visited on a sunny morning, a complete contrast to the downpour the previous time I came.
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Landscape context from the southwest.
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Y Brenin Llwyd is in residence today. From Mynydd Ceiswyn to the east.
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Looking over the peat bog to the Rhondda Fach (the dam of Lluest-wen Reservoir is below the light green hill just left of centre).
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The centre of the cairn has been hollowed out, presumably during excavation/robbing.
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Looking northeast to the head of the Dar/Dare valley. The ground on all sides of the cairn is peat bog overlaid with reedy grasses.
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Decent sized cairn this. Looking east.
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The cairn has a pretty large footprint, in fact it looks larger than the 8m diameter GGAT have for it.
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Looking northeast to the open hillside of Mynydd Bwllfa.
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The cairn is situated near the upper reaches of the Rhondda Fach, now dammed to form the Lluest-wen Reservoir.
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Freed from the trees for the first time in decades. The cairn is behind a temporary wooden fence to ensure it doesn’t get damaged while the windfarm is being constructed.
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The great view from Twyn Canwyllyr cairn to Y Mynydd Du.
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All three Hirwaun Common cairns are intervisible with each other.
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Twyn Canwyllyr cairn and the view of the Cynon valley.
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Twyn Canwyllyr cairn, the most northerly along the escarpment. Unfortunately someone has dumped an old post and wire fence next to it, which has subsequently been set fire to.
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The prominent Craig y Bwlch cairn from the boggier ground to the west. The treeline on the right is where Carl had his mudbath.
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The dilapidated cist at the centre of Craig y Bwlch cairn.
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The view from Craig y Bwlch towards the prominent peaks of Corn Du and Pen y Fan.
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Looking across Craig y Bwlch cairn towards the mountains of Y Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr.
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Sizeable slab on the edge of Craig y Bwlch cairn, which may be a displaced part of the cist.
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Craig y Bwlch cairn, on the highest part of Hirwaun Common (515m OD).
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Tarren y Bwlch cairn is situated prominently above the clifftop. Seen from the west.
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Looking over the edge of the escarpment from Tarren y Bwlch cairn. The other two cairns in this strung-out group are intervisible with this one.
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Tarren y Bwlch cairn. Although it looks like an earthen barrow, the grass covers a mound of stone.
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Tarren y Bwlch cairn, fringed with reedy grass. Looking west, the forested summit of Craig y Llyn is over to the left, the highest hill in South Wales outside the Brecon Beacons National Park.
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Hut XIV, looking NW.
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Hut V, looking west towards Cefn y Llethr Hir.
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Hut IV.
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Hut VI, looking SE towards the Cynon Valley and Aberdare.
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Hut VI, looking southish.
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Enclosure II, with internal subdivisions, is post-medieval but likely to have been built from remains of the prehistoric settlement that surrounds it.
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Hut II, looking east to the edge of Cefn y Llethr Hir.
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Hut II, looking towards the head of the Dar/Dare valley, with Craig-yr-Ysgol rising on the right.
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Fragmentary remains of the wall of Enclosure I, on the west side of the settlement.
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The cairn is on the edge of the escarpment, left of the small outcrop. The viewpoint is the Mynydd Cefnygyngon settlement to the northeast.
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