Wonder how much the house is? He says..........
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Exquisite position for a cairn.... there were others nearby; however, I reckoned the vibe was too strong to turn this is into a ‘tick-list’ exercise and I would spend the available time here. OK, might have had something to do with not wanting to lose even more height I’d have needed to regain... getting old.
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A sunburst retrospective of the wondrous landscape context beginning the return to the similarly unmarked (on either current 1:50k or 1:25k OS map) Hafen stone ‘pair’ towards Gorllwyn.
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My thanks to Cerrig for providing the ‘nudge’ to finally come here.
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The ‘terminal’ cairn feature so familiar to visitors to Dartmoor’s great upland stone rows..... speaking of which, the high ground beyond forms the heart of Elenydd. Dartmoor on steroids, not a place to take lightly, no matter what the map might suggest.
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Additional ‘stones’ uphill (NE) from the pair. Note, however, that there does not appear to be a coherent correlation to the ‘pair’ obscured by the reeds beyond. There are numerous others barely breaking the surface: whether these are naturally incurring or placed by human agency is a matter for the experts – however, one such example was a very suspiciously placed lump of quartzite... just saying.
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The companion stone is concealed by the tall reed beyond
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What an exquisitely sited stone setting – not depicted upon either 1:50 or 1:25k OS map. There certainly appeared to be more stones in situ than just the pair, although I could not see how these could’ve been incorporated into a single ‘row’ as such.
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As Greywether notes the far stone is very substantial for a chambered cairn... more-or-less my height.
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Classic position, looking toward Cnoc a’Bhreacaich and Strath Sgitheach.
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The collapsed structure is upon a massive scale.
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Upon arrival, I assumed this was a long cairn.... but the massive grassy, circular footprint determined otherwise. Here we look laterally across a section of the chamber(s?), what I took to be a passage entering to the right.
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If ever there was a slumbering giant, ‘tis this.
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For scale note that the near stone is 6’ 6” tall.........
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Looking north toward Cadair Bronwen, itself featuring another such monument....
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Looking across the cairn toward Cwm Maen Gwynedd...
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Looking south across the embedded cairn footprint towards Craig Berwyn, the southern summit (the cairn visible just below the crags) and Moel Sych, top right...
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That is one large footprint, the topography arguably not sufficient to have caused serious slippage over the millennia?
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The OS trig surmounting Cadair Berwyn (i.e the northern summit) can be seen rising beyond.
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The truly monumental footprint, looking toward the northern summit cairn.
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The monument quite literally sits upon the edge of the precipice, the cliff line falling to Cwm Maen Gwynedd far below. The ridge to the left, home to several enigmatic ‘mounds’, terminates at Mynydd Tarw
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This view highlights the very extensive footprint.... Incidentally Arenig Fawr and Arenig Fach are upon the horizon.
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And the reverse view, looking toward the summit crags of Craig Berwyn.
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Sunburst approaching from Craig Berwyn (or the southern summit of Cadair Berwyn for those happy for a mountain to have two summits! – although I’ve tended to refer to it as Craig Uchaf). The northern summit (Cadair Berwyn (North) can be seen immediately beyond, with Cadair Bronwen deep in shadow far background.
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A good representation of the cairn, I think. The onward route beyond Craig Berwyn to Cadair Berwyn is obvious.... in clear weather.
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Highlighting the extensive embedded footprint...... Craig Berwyn glowers beyond, with Cadair Berwyn subsumed within cloud to its left. Both summits feature a monument.
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Approaching from Pen-y-Gurnos to the south........
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Oo-er..... a ‘Crack in the Clouds’. The wondrous Moel Siabod rears across Dyffryn Mymbyr.
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Certainly a long mound of some description...
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The apparently ‘in situ’ stonework mentioned by Coflein...
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