I’ve got a bench a bit like that. Mine’s on the patio though....
It was getting so dingey at around 2.30pm on (admittedly) a winter’s day, that I had to use flash....
The weather was filthy and it was getting dark. The ridge the road passes over/through is the barrow. The stones are in the trees to the right.
Love that sky! (Tiny in the background 2/3 right, Jane can be seen tracing the crop circle....)
Shame about the ‘refraction’ but I love the haziness....
One of those places I just want to be at whenever I see a photo!
As you climb the final slope the stones come into sight
...until you see them in the flesh or against the church!
From Llyn Brenig IV, spot this platform – the site of a later (medieval?) settlement known as Hen Ddinbych to orientate yourself to find the tiny Llyn Brenig V. This is just visible just above the right side of the platform in this shot.
With ‘tumulus’ in background. There’s another cairn on a nearby island in the man-made ‘lake’....
A big beauty! Possibly reminiscent of the Bryn-Gwyn stones that are meant to have once been part of a circle...?
Nearly didn’t add this, but thought I’d better, as nobody else has....
The wider view. The path is at the top of the field (far left of photo). It’s over a fence & a bit of undergrowth. From it, you can JUST catch a glimpse of the end of the capstone....
Shame about the railings, but a beautiful dolmen/quoit/cromlech...
Bryn Celli Ddu itself in background, right
With Gorsedd in background – if you can see past the dazzle of the hideous cast replica of the standing stone....
6 mth old Mothling in backpack thingy for scale.... (The ‘pretend’ cast standing stone really does look horrible in the sun doesn’t it?)
If this really was a circle, what a mind-blower it must’ve been!!! Just for sheer size both stones are incredible!
Dog tied to gate to give scale. Trouble is, dog – black + shadow – black = dog – invisible....
Yeah OK – they don’t quite match up...but it gives the idea!
Crikey, I hope it doesn’t look like it’s on a hilltop!!!
Even without the weird colour, the mist...
...made it...
...quite eerie....