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Looking down the ridge toward the cairn at SN95666204, perfectly positioned to be just visible beneath another of Mother Nature’s awesome displays....
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Toward distant Rhayader... for a Citizen Cairn’d walking the uplands of Wales these hills of the Elenydd are perhaps second only to Pumlumon herself for vibe.
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The cairn at SN95666204.... I didn’t have the stamina to see the third, but this was enough.
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The second cairn – at SN95666204 – under a pretty epic sky.
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A’top the cairn at SN95666204
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The cairn at SN9532617. And some sky.....
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The cairn at SN95326171
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[Note – this and subsequent images dating from 17th Sept 2012 previously thought lost until re-discovered upon a memory stick buried within a drawer] This is the cairn at SN95326171
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The massive summit cairn looms to the approx south......
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Returning the compliment... the eastern cairn from the western of the two.
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[Note – this and subsequent images dating from 17th Sept 2012 previously thought lost until re-discovered upon a memory stick buried within a drawer]. The western of the northern pair from the west. Or something like that.
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As often seems to be the case, the monument appears to have been positioned to give a fine arc of distant hills as opposed to the cwm floor... an amphitheatre, perhaps?
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Looking approx north towards two more great cairns.
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I reckon that must be Gorllwyn rising beyond... again crowned by Bronze Age cairns, albeit not of this magnitude. Still a fine, fine walk.
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The shelter constructed within... as opposed to upon... the cairn, such is the size of the monument. This appeared to me to be for the use of sheep, as opposed to the more basic type of walker.
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[Note – this and subsequent images dating from 17th Sept 2012 previously thought lost until re-discovered upon a memory stick buried within a drawer]. This is the massive summit cairn.... but the first of at least a half dozen crowning this wondrous mini-mountain.
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The trio of large cairns upon Pen Pumlumon-Arwystli (top right) are obscured for a time.
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The seriously be-cairned... and seriously endowed with river fountainheads... main ridge of Pumlumon rises above the Afon Hyddgen.
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Looking north towards Snowdonia as the sun breaks through at last...
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The well preserved southern cairn........
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Looking from the southern cairn to the northern monument.
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[Note – this and subsequent images dating from 21st Sept 2012 previously thought lost until re-discovered upon a memory stick buried within a drawer]. The northern of the pair of cairns gracing Banc Llechwedd-mawr.
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A further monument..... or fly in the ointment? I found this additional quartzite block (just the one) perched upon the north-eastern flank of Banc Llechwedd-mawr arguably lending credence to the supposition that the Cerrig Cyfamod Glyndwr are naturally occurring? The peak opposite is Carn Hyddgen.
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Landscape context of the two shining stones seen in retrospective ascending Banc Llechwedd-mawr. Note the Llyn Llygad-Rheidol, source of the river, resides in the ‘hollow’ to the left of Pen-Pumlumon Fawr, centre top right. The Hafren (Severn) and Wye also rise upon Pumlumon.
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Drosgl rises beyond, again crowned by large cairns.
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Carn Hyddgen rises beyond.... surmounted by two very large cairns.
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The stones are alledged to align with the Pen Cor-Maen stone sited approximately upon the right-hand crag (see folklore entry)...
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[Note – this and subsequent images dating from 21st Sept 2012 previously thought lost until re-discovered upon a memory stick buried within a drawer]. Looking across the Afon Hyddgen to Pen-Pumlumon Fawr. The stones are alledged to align with the Pen Cor-Maen stone sited approximately upon the right-hand crag (see folklore entry)...
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Cadair Idris can be seen standing proud guarding the approach to Southern Snowdonia.
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