Concur with Greywether... 15 years after the event: a very well preserved long cairn, this.
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Zooming in upon a hazy Y Gaer Fawr from the sentinel cairn upon Trichrug. The wondrous long cairn can be seen centre left.
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Looking (very) approx south-west... toward the haunting Carreg Cennen and Tair Carn upland cemeteries (to its left) looming through the haze. There is a visible standing stone (and, apparently, associated cairns) below to the right at Pant y Turnor; however, I must confess, the inclination to leave this wondrous viewpoint any earlier than I had to and visit was absolutely NIL.
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The proximity to the mountain road is clear; however, if circumstances allow, I would recommend a 3 mile ‘there and back’ walk across Mynydd Llanllwni to start and finish at the excellent Crugiau Giar. Note also the striking positioning giving a superb distant arc of view.
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Looking across the hollow summit of Crug y Biswal. The antennae mark the site of the Crugiau Edryd.
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Northern cairn, looking approx north east. Easter Sunday 2019.
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And approx westward across the southern cairn...
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Western defences... probably wouldn’t have been a good idea to attack during Spring, then.
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Somewhere upon the northern flank. What is undisputable, however, is the extreme nature of the defences rising to the left. This was some hill fort.
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The magical Carreg Cennen can be seen extreme far right...
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Looking toward distant Trichrug... a visit to which, two days previously, inspired that here.
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Fan Foel and Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) can be seen top right.
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The monument sits upon the lip of the escarpment edge.... and is a fab-u-lous viewpoint.
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The Old Red Sandstone forming the cairn contrasts sharply with the Twrch Sandstone/Limestone of the Carnau’r Garreg Las above to the south...
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Approaching from Carreg Yr Ogof to the south... wonderful positioning!
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Not a hospitable environment, it has to be said. Nevertheless it has inspired the hell out of me over the years.
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My rucksack (perched top left) gives an indication of the scale of these cairns....
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If that’s not a former capstone – or at least kerb stone.... well, guess it’s just a slab, then. Unlikely to be the latter, I think.
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A visit to the superbly placed Carn y Gigfran accorded an opportunity to reacquaint myself with the equally wondrous Carnau’r Garreg Las – perhaps for the last time, given the effort it took. This is the northern monument.
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Northern cairn. Note probable former kerb stone.
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Northern cairn. My rucksack gives an indication of the impressive scale.
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An arc of the northern cairn, looking toward the southern.
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