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Carnedd Moel Siabod top left, from Bwlch Glas, between Crib y Ddysgl and Yr Wyddfa.

Spectacularly sited? You bet. Seen from Y Lliwedd (almost 900m up), the summit of Yr Wyddfa still seems to be up in the sky.

Yr Wyddfa seen from its near neighbour Crib y Ddysgl.

Mynydd Mawr (left) and similarly be-cairned Moel Eilio (right). Seen from just below the summit of Yr Wyddfa. Ynys Mon lies smudgy and blue on the far right.

Looking east to Carnedd Moel Siabod, left skyline, from the path above Bwlch y Moch. The lake at the centre of the picture is Llyn Llydaw.

Looking down the Glaslyn valley. The settlement lies near the house on the valley floor, the rocky mountain above is Gallt y Wenallt (“Hill of the White Hillside”).

The horseshoe, (l-r) Lliwedd Bach, Y Lliwedd (east and west peaks), Yr Wyddfa, Crib Goch, Crib y Ddysgl.

First sight of the horseshoe, seen across Llynau Mymbyr from Capel Curig. The shoulder of Carnedd Moel Siabod fills the left of the pic, but the eye is drawn irresistably across the water.

Close-up of the fort, seen from Corndon Hill VI cairn.

Corndon Hill, seen from the Fishpool – Appletree road to the east. Corndon VI is prominent at the left hand end of the ridge.

Corndon VI.

Corndon VI, looking north towards the summit (Corndon II) and Corndon V.

Enormous stone incorporated into the cairn mound of Corndon VI.

Approaching from Corndon V.

Looking NNW from Corndon V towards the hilltop and Corndon II (left) and Corndon III (immediately behind on the skyline).

Looking west across Corndon V into Mid-Wales.

Corndon V cairn, with curious resident providing scale.

Corndon V on the skyline, approaching from Corndon VIII. The small mound of stones in the foreground might be the remains of a (clearance?) cairn.

Looking SE across Corndon VIII. Corndon V (left) and Corndon VI (right) can be seen at each end of the ridge beyond.

Looking south across Corndon VIII. Corndon VI can be seen over to the left, Roundton hillfort is visible to the right of centre.

Corndon VIII, looking WNW.

Corndon I (left) and Corndon VIII (centre), showing their proximity. Corndon II is on the top of the hill to the right.

The scattered remains of Corndon I. Looking WNW towards southern Snowdonia.

Corndon I, looking southwest. The top of Roundton hillfort can be seen on the left.

The central scoop of Corndon IV, containing the remains of a cist. The displaced capstone (which I didn’t notice at the time) has now been partially covered by other material from the mound. It can be seen in the centre, above-left of the grass patch.

Showing the proximity of Corndon IV to Corndon III, to the right behind.

Looking across Corndon IV towards the hilltop and Corndon II.

Corndon IV viewed from the south, the best preserved section of kerb in the foreground.

The cairn’s footprint extends beyond the exposed stonework around the edge of Corndon III.

Looking from Corndon III back to the summit of the hill and Corndon II.

Corndon III, approaching along the ridge from Corndon II.

Cairn II, looking westwards into mid-Wales.

The modern cairn sitting on top of the older original Cairn II. Mitchell’s Fold stone circle is situated in the lighter green/brown area to the right of the top of the cairn in the picture.

Corndon II, looking NW.

The outlier, with the circle beyond.

With the outlier stone over to the right. Lan Fawr is the hill on the left.

The cairn is inevitably overlooked by Corndon.

The remains of the cairn, looking ENE. Stapeley Hill can be seen on the left, the Stiperstones ridge to the right of centre on the skyline. Both hills have their own Bronze Age cairns.

Out in the midday sun.

The northern arc.

Stone has split along a natural fault.

This stone reminded me of a worked stone tool. The nearest edge looks almost as though it has been knapped, like a flint.

Looking NW towards the ranges of southern Snowdonia.

Looking NE towards Stapeley Hill.

Approaching from Stapeley Hill, with Corndon and Lan Fawr behind.

Stapeley Hill from the south. The southern summit with its “modern” cairn is the prominent feature, the ring cairn is invisible from below on the saddle behind.

Close-up view of the most intact stonework, on the northern arc of the ring. Looking south.

A view of the low central mound, inside the ring. Looking eastwards towards the Stiperstones ridge.

The cairn, looking west. What I took to be Pumlumon is visible on the horizon (centre) and Cader Idris is just visible on the far right horizon.