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With the flank of Fan Nedd on the left.

Looking down the valley. Sadly I wasn’t blessed with the sort of light that Cerrig and Gladman have enjoyed here, but it’s still a nice place to visit.

Landscape context showing the position of the monument down in the valley.

Looking north towards Fan Bwlch Chwyth.

With the steep flank of Fan Nedd behind. The northern summit cairn is on top of the pointy crest.

Looking southeast across the shoulder of Fan Llia – which has its own cairn just to the right of the sunlit summit. The hills that form the northern heads of the Rhondda and Cynon rivers can be seen on the right skyline.

Looking across the Afon Llia valley towards the central Beacons.

Looking towards shadowed Yr Allt. The upper Senni valley lies below.

With Fan Gyhirych to the left, Y Mynydd Du hidden by the modern cairn.

Looking down the Llia valley.

Showing the cairn’s footprint. Looking towards Corn Du and Pen-y-Fan.

The final pull up to the cairn from Bwlch y Duwynt.

Fan Nedd in the centre of shot, seen from Fan Gyhirych to the east. The cairn is at the left hand (northern) end of the long summit ridge.

Fan Gyhirych, left of centre, with Y Mynydd Du beyond to the right. Seen from the northern spur of Fan Nedd.

A lovely moment of late autumn sunshine.

Vanishing point.

Looking across the upper Tawe valley to the brilliant Y Mynydd Du range, living up to its name today.

Looking down on Crai reservoir.

Looking out into Carmarthenshire.

Approaching from the southwest, showing the large footprint beneath the smaller modern cairn. The central Brecon Beacons beyond.

Looking down the valley over the small hut circle. The distinctive hill in the distance is Cribarth.

What appears to be a small hut circle (although it could equally be a kerbed/ring cairn) on the slope above the track.

Structural remains inside the large circular structure from the previous image.

The large unmarked circular structure near the trees.

General view of the site, which lies near the edge of the trees and then runs along the top of the track crossing the hillside.

Plenty of people visiting the cairns. Possibly.

Towards Creeg Tol.

Quartz block and central stone.

The curving entrance passage to the fogou.

On the south side of the fort. The dark hill in the middle distance is Sancreed Beacon, with Castle-an-Dinas on the skyline behind. Mounts Bay and St Michael’s Mount can be seen over on the right.

Looking towards Chapel Carn Brea hill.

The ramparts are more overgrown than when we last came, four and a half years ago.

Southern cairn.

Southern cairn.

Southern cairn, looking towards St Buryan.

Looking over the northern cairn towards Mounts Bay.

Capstone exposed in the middle of the northern cairn.

Northern cairn, looking towards Chun Castle and Carn Galva.

Carn Brea just after sunrise, 6 October. Seen across the bay from St Ives.

From the south.