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Looking northeast along the Dysynni valley towards the wonderful peaks of Cadair Idris.

Looking over the ramparts towards the summit of the hill, surmounted by cairn, with the crag enclosure in front of it.

Remains of stone ramparts.

Through the door of the birds, where the breeze breaks...

The fort from the southeast. The stone ramparts can be seen around the base of the conical summit.

Tal-y-Garreg is top left skyline, seen along the Dysynni valley from Craig-yr-Aderyn (Birds’ Rock). The high ridge over on the right skyline is Allt Lwyd, which has a number of Bronze Age cairns.

Looking down on the crag enclosure (foreground with quartz bands) and the hillfort from the summit cairn.

The crag enclosure is on the smaller summit to the left, the hillfort is over on the right.

Set below the cairn on the highest part of the hill is what appears to be a further rampart of some kind. It seemed to me to be all of a piece with the stone walls encircling the hillfort to the northwest and the crag-top enclosure in between the two summits.

The setting really is sublime.

Looking southwest towards Y Wyllt. Below the cairn there is a linear rock line, which looked to me as though it may some kind of low rampart; there are similar features encircling the other summits of this hill.

Under lovely Spring skies.

The scooped-out centre.

Looking southeast towards Y Tarrenau. The conical summit is Tarrenhendre, which has its own Bronze Age cairn(s).

There’s liberal quartz in the mound. Looking towards Cadair Idris.

The cairn sits on the highest point of hill, occupying nearly the full width of the narrow summit ridge. Looking southwest towards the coast. The prominent hill on the right skyline is Tal-y-Garreg, which has two forts.

With the foothills of Cadair Idris beyond.

With Foel Cae’rberllan rising behind.

Zoom on Tal-y-Garreg from Aberdyfi.

Tal-y-Garreg on the skyline, left of centre. Seen from the coast at Aberdyfi.

Landscape context, a retrospective look back towards Garnedd Fawr (left skyline) and Foel Goch (right skyline) from the summit of Moel Emoel.

Arc of stones protruding from the turf on the northern arc of the cairn’s base.

Looking towards Aran Fawddwy above Llyn Tegid to the left, and Arenig Fawr to the right.

Another angle on the slab on top of the monument.

Large slab lying on top of the monument. Foel Goch rises behind, which has a summit mound that looks very much like the remains of another cairn to me.

The grassed-over cairn, with added boundary stone and fences.

Garnedd Fawr in the centre, seen on the approach from Foel Goch. Arenig Fawr and Arenig Fach (both with Bronze Age cairns) frame the summit, with the Mignient over to the right and Cnicht and Y Moelwynion just peaking over the top.

Retrospective view of Foel Goch from the west, on the way to Garnedd Fawr.

Looking northwards, with the high mountains of Eryri on the left.

The western panorama of Arenig and Y Mignient, with the distant Moelwynion and Yr Eifl on the far skyline.

Looking southwest, with Aranau on the left above Llyn Tegid and Arenig Fawr on the right. Immediately to the left of the trig pillar, Cader Idris is just visible on the distant skyline.

Looking southeast towards Y Berwyn and Hirnant hills.

The long view towards Y Berwyn.

Looking west.

Looking southeast towards Y Berwyn.

Three Glamorgan forts, seen from Porthcawl to the northwest. Dunraven is left of centre, Cwm Bach is right of centre, Nash Point is far right.

Turfed-over remains of a hut circle in the settlement site.

Mynydd y Dref from the southwest, above Gwern Engan.

Alltwen seen across the Sychnant Pass from the southeast.

Remains of double orthostatic kerb with rubble infill.

Remains of double orthostatic kerb.

Looking west across the upper Afon Gyrach valley towards Craig Hafodwen and Foel Lus.

Looking out across the fertile Conwy valley.

Tal-y-Fan rises top right.