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The Afon Melynllyn provides the settlement with plentiful running water.

The spectacular siting of the settlement, below the main NE-SW ridge of the Carneddau. The cliffs guard the eastern approach to Foel Grach and Carnedd-uchaf, Foel-fras rises on the right of the picture. Despite being situated above the 500m contour, the settlement feels sheltered.

Wide-angle general view of the settlement site, looking NNE towards the summit of (cairn-less) Pen y Castell.

Central hut circle.

Postie inside the settlement enclosure, looking up the valley towards the cliffs of Foel Grach and the Pant-y-Griafolen settlement below (left of the tree clump).

Standing inside the eastern hut circle, looking across the valley and up towards Drum (Carnedd Penyborth-goch).

Foundation platform of eastern hut circle.

Drum seen from Clogwyn-yr-Eryr to the SSE.

Pen-y-Gaer (centre) seen from Clogwyn-yr-Eryr to the SW.

Possible stone row, centre foreground. Looking towards Pen-y-Gaer hillfort.

The possible stone row on Clogwyn-yr-Eryr. Pen-y-Gaer hillfort can be seen on the left. There are various Bronze Age monuments at Hafodygors-wen in the valley below.

Trawsnant is the hill to the right of centre, Cadair Bronwen in shadow behind on the left. From Moel Pearce.

The damaged cairn with Aranau beyond.

Lovely outcrop of quartz running west from the cairn.

Looking east towards be-cairned Cadair Bronwen.

Material from the cairn has been built into a rather poor shelter. Aranau and Y Rhinogydd provide the skyline drama.

Approaching from the east. Awesome backdrop provided by Rhinogs, Arenigs, Y Moelwynion, the Yr Wyddfa massif, Glyderau and Carneddau.

Showing the landscape positioning of the cairn (centre skyline), on the ridge linking Tomle (left) with Cadair Berwyn (right).

Cadair Berwyn from Trawsnant.

Zoom from Cadair Bronwen summit.

Cadair Berwyn seen from Cadair Bronwen (Bwrdd Arthur) to the north.

There’s a big cairn hidden under the grass and modern addition.

Looking south to the highest part of the Berwyns range, Cadair Berwyn and Moel Sych.

Looking west, showing more of the exceptional panoramic view. Arans, Rhinogydd and Arenig provide the backdrop.

Quartz blocks in the top of the cairn. The backdrop must be one of the finest views in Wales, with the Snowdonia ranges arrayed, rank upon rank of mountains from Arenig across Y Moelwynion, Yr Wyddfa, Glyderau and Carneddau.

The modern construction, with the material of the earlier cairn showing through the thin grass covering.

Showing the extent of the much larger cairn beneath the modern effort.

Cairn below Moel Ty-uchaf. Arenig Fawr provides the backdrop.

The larger cairn below Moel Ty-uchaf, which is on the ridge above.

Cairns below Moel Ty-uchaf.

Looking south towards Moel Pearce and Trum y Wern.

The Arenig range (Arenig Fawr centre) from the slopes of the Berwyns to the southeast.

Info and aerial photo from info board in Corwen.

Long zoom on the stonework of the ramparts, from Corwen.

Caer Drewyn seen from Corwen.

The two largest and best marks, with pound coin for scale.

The three marks on the north side of the disc. The bottom one, being very squared off, is pretty unconvincing. Maybe a later addition?

Highlighting the four possible cups on the southern side of the disc. Two are deep and quite large, the other two are very faint and half-hearted.

Three (not especially convincing) cupmarks at the bottom left (north), two larger and better ones on the top right (southwest) and two faint possibles on the top left (southeast).

Corwen’s churchyard cross, on a mudstone base with possible cupmarks. Nice bit of knotwork at the top of the shaft.

The chamber interior is much clearer of vegetation than in Gladman’s earlier pictures.

The Wye Valley falls away to the north of the barrow.

More visible stonework in the mound.

The ruined chamber.

There are plenty of pieces of scattered stonework on the top of the mound.

The long barrow from the north.

Seen from the SE. The low remains of the mound run down the slope to the left of the chamber.