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Difficult to find and even more difficult to photograph, even in winter. The green is the bank of the ring, a couple of stones can be seen protruding. Looking east-ish towards Mynydd Eglwysilan.

The recumbent (natural?) just north of the northern cairn.

One sizable stone on the northern cairn.

The northern cairn is pretty overgrown, even in winter.

Cwmeldeg South.

Cwmeldeg South, looking WSW.

Winter sun selfie, Cairn C.

Wide spread of material in Cairn C. There is nothing obviously structural though.

Looking SE across Cairn C.

Cairn C.

Cairn C, the best of the three, looking NNW.

General view of Cairns B (left foreground) and C (right mid-ground).

Looking across Cairn B to the Brecon Beacons (behind the pylon).

Cairn B.

Close-up of Cairn B, looking SE.

Cairn B, with Cairn C beyond (far left), looking eastwards.

Cairn A, the smallest of the group, is situated at the bottom of a little slope, next to a track.

Cairn A, looking SW towards Cefn Eglwysilan.

Cairn A, the most western. Cairns B and C are just visible near the bend in the track, far left of shot.

The two overlapping slabs to the NE, mentioned in the Coflein record.

The Brecon Beacons rise far right skyline.

The masts on Twyn Hywel provide a good landmark to find this site from.

Looking NE along the Senghenydd ridge.

Looking west to the Rhondda.

Looking NW-ish. The setting enjoys a terrific view of the valleys and uplands of South Wales.

Looking south across the cairn. The monument has a very sizable diameter, but whether this is a result of the material being flattened and spread out I couldn’t say.

Looking west across the cairn, the low winter sun providing far too much glare.

The low disc of the cairn, some stonework visible, looking NW.

Landscape context for the reduced cairn, seen from the ridge to the NE beside the (medieval) Senghenydd Dyke.

The cairn with masts to the immediate NW, which provide a good landmark for finding the site.

Looking south to the summit of Cefn Eglwysilan – the intervening ground was a muddy quagmire on this visit.

Looking NE across the cairn, to the Senghenydd ridge, where there are several more substantial cairns.

Perhaps not the most impressive cairn you’ll ever see, but the setting is great. Looking SE across the Senghenydd valley.

Apologies for glary shot into low sun, but shows the view down the Taf valley to the Hafren/Severn. There are views of Exmoor from here.

Looking NW across the ring, with the shoulder of Cefn Eglwysilan on the right.

Looking west to the Rhondda.

Looking SE across the ring. Mynydd Machen, with cairn, can be seen on the skyline left of centre.

Rather lovely boulder/outcrop intervisible with the cairn circle (which is in the tufty grass in the far left background).

Small standing stone to the NE of the cairn circle, presumably part of the Victorian complex around the rocking stone rather than prehistoric.

Looking across the circle from the north. The Taf valley is below.

The central cist, sadly almost filled-in since Juamei’s pictures.

Upright stone in the SE arc of the circle/kerb.

Upright stone in the northern arc of the circle/kerb.

General view across the cairn circle, from approx. west. The stones of the kerb are small (one visible in foreground, one on northern arc in left-hand background) and the cist has just about disappeared into the ground and grass.

The serpent next to the rocking stone. Kinda cute.

Looking SW across the Taf valley.

The stone remains a focal point, a bunch of flowers had been left there when I visited.

The stone in its modern circle, with short avenue in the foreground.