GLADMAN

An exquisite spot, hidden away in the trees.

Pretty substantial orthostats for a rather obscure chambered cairn.

The collapsed passage – or so it would appear – in the fast approaching gloaming.

The chambered cairn occupies a wondrous position overlooking Loch Borralan with the peaks of Inverpolly as backdrop.

As thelonious’s images show, the electric fence has now been replaced by something a little more permanent.

Following thelonious’s recent visit to this – and a number of other virgin TMA sites in the extended locale – I’ve attempted to make these previous posts a little more legible.

Just the two orthostats.... quality not quantity.

Not much remains of this chambered cairn.... however certainly worth a look as echoes of vibe still linger.

Lovely capstone...

The monument possesses a substantial capstone

Approaching downhill from the approx north-west. This is a working landscape; quarry, farm house and A-road.... guess it always was.

What I took to be livestock damage to this fine henge. But there you are... there are obvious parallels with another henge further south, should you care to make them. No Guardian reports here, however.

Interior from the pretty substantial bank

Such is the preservation I’d reckon this fine henge would be easily mistaken for a hill fort... if not for the inner ditch.

Clearly size of stones is not the prime aesthetic; it’s what fertile minds did with them that counts....

Looking toward the much better preserved – not to mention excavated – monument upon Fan Foel.

Highlighting the uncompromising positioning of the cairn, approaching from Fan Brycheiniog. The Usk Reservoir can be seen right background.

Looking from the southern end of Llyn y Fan Fawr...

The long, slim hill fort from Mynydd Llangorse...

The Great Escarpment of South Wales stretches all the way to the English border... crowned with Bronze Age cairns as far as the eye can see. Fan Gyhirych is the shapely near peak, the decapitated summits of Pen y Fan and Corn Du visible, background left