Viewed across Cwm Brefi from the monument crowning Crug
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Cairns as far as the eye can see.... Bryn Rhudd is to the left of image, with Cnwch Mawr approx centre and Banciau Duon far right.
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Looking across Cwm Brefi to the excellent Banc-y-Gwyngoed and complex upon Bryn Rhudd. Yet another very substantial (unmarked) cairn may just be seen upon Cnwch Mawr, centre right
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Looking approx south towards the wondrous Carn Fawr and Craig Twrch etc...
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Looking from the southern flank of Gurnos (near Craig y Mynach) to the approx north-east and highlighting the splendid Nant Paradwys... all kinds of excellent prehistory to be seen by following that there track..
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Looking towards the site of the Rhos-y-Gelynnen stone row
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Having incorrectly assumed the cairn would crown the ‘summit’ of Gurnos... I then incorrectly assumed it would be located upon one of the radiating rocky ridges... but no.
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Clearly the remains of cist/chamber of some description.
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Quite a lot of internal structure is still evident for such an obscure site...
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Looking approach SW towards a quartet of other Bronze Age cairns.
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Looking across the monument into the fastness of ‘The Green Desert of Wales‘
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From this angle, the prehistoric ancestry is pretty obvious.... Llan Ddu Fawr rises beyond. This is a fabulously obscure, wild area.
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The ‘marker cairn’ sitting upon the (probable) prehistoric footprint. Bryn Dafydd lies beyond.
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The summit ridge looks rather benign from the Cambrian Way. Don’t be fooled like a muppet.
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The seriously overgrown summit – just the thing for that hayfever
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The ‘post’ is presumably the remnants of a long since demised tree.
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A good way to start the day, fresh – or not so fresh – from the long drive from Essex.
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Main monument from the northern...
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The northern-most cairn.
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Looking approx south from the summit of the main cairn. Crugyn Amlwg and Crug-y-Bedw reside upon the wind farm-clad hill upon the skyline. There are many other monuments in the locale.
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Main monument, with the denuded norther to its left.
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The pretty upstanding main monument... with an additional, lesser pair to the south (right)
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Whether ring cairn, very denuded round cairn... or ‘enclosure’, certainly worth stopping off.
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Note the arc of the ‘bank’ right, foreground
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The cairn has obviously been ‘investigated’ sometime in the past... couldn’t discern any structure within the extreme vegetation.
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