Looking across the cist to the high tops of Y Carneddau
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The monument possesses a fabulous panorama looking across The Menai Strait to Anglesey.
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Looking across what I took to be a rather obvious cist.
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One of two(?) additional cairns to the immediate approx north-east...
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The monument is far more substantial than I had anticipated.
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This – I believe – is the monument actually marked upon the map. To be fair – unlike that crowning Moel Ysgyfarnogod to the west – I was not convinced of the pedigree of this one. However, there are, or so it would appear, others not marked upon the map which may well be more compelling.
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A nice bonus site when visiting the excellent nearby cairn/cist
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North-west(ish) across Bwlch y Greigwen to Carnedd y Filiast.
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Llyn Celyn and The Arenigs can be seen beyond... cairns as far as the eye can see.
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Unfortunately, the monument now hosts a meeting of fence lines. However, I guess that is a back-handed compliment as to its former focal point as a boundary marker? Note the boundary stone...
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A small ‘marker cairn’ sits upon the now grassed-over monument, accompanied by a boundary stone.
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Approaching from the approx west....
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Long experience informs that, as with many upland cairns, one has to step back and take in the full picture before making a judgement. The outcome here is, I trust, now pretty obvious.
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The eastern flank incorporating the summit crags....
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Couldn’t conclusively pinpoint Bryn Cader Faner beyond Llyn Dywarchen.... but it’s down there.
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Looking across to the cairn from the summit tarn of Foel Penolau. It would’ve been rude not to visit.
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The Rhinogydd have a number of examples of what the OS describe as a ‘pile of stones’. Suffice to say the structure surmounting Moel Ysgyfarnogod is rather more substantial. The Llyn Peninsular can be seen beyond Tremadog Bay.
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Looking across a substantial arc of the cairn to the central peaks of Y Rhinogydd. Hmm, what about the cairns of Rhinog Fawr, then?
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One assumes the embedded evidence of the footprint speaks for itself...
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Gau Graig viewed from Waun-oer, the summit crowned by an idiosyncratic stone enclosure. Mynydd Moel rises above and beyond.
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Very substantial, to be fair. And not even marked on the map?
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Moelwyns Mawr and Bach rise beyond
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How much of this monument is/was crag and how much cairn material?
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Llyn Morwynion ‘Lake of the Maidens’.... Y Rhinogydd can be seen upon the skyline.
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Looking across The Migneint towards Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant..
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Driven past more times than I can recall... and never sussed this was up here.
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By all accounts, few people ascend Arenig Fach. I’d wager even less venture here.
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Despite being within sight of the B4391 – and not much higher, to be fair – the location is full of vibe.
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The disturbed centre of the monument reveals a hint of a possible cist...
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South-east(ish) towards Arenig Fawr (again featuring a large summit Bronze Age cairn) and its most excellent companion Moel Llyfnant.
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