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Image of Cefn Gwernffrwd Complex (Stone Circle) by tuesday

Cefn Gwernffrwd Complex

Stone Circle

It’s almost impossible to photograph the circle – or the nearby ring cairn. In winter it will be easier but the stones are small and the late summer grass is long. That maybe why they have survived forgotten here for so long

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Image of Crugiau Merched (Cairn(s)) by tuesday

Crugiau Merched

Cairn(s)

Cairn A
This remains generally intact and unexcavated apart from a channel brutally cut by the OS to provide a line of site from their nearby beacon

Image credit: nix stewart
Image of Crugiau Merched (Cairn(s)) by tuesday

Crugiau Merched

Cairn(s)

Cairn B
Superficially this appears the more intact but it has been hollowed out to provide a remarkably deep chamber now used as an occasional storm shelter

Image credit: nix stewart
Image of Crugiau Merched (Cairn(s)) by tuesday

Crugiau Merched

Cairn(s)

This view shows the barrows on the horizon to the left. The dot in the middle is the Maen Bach Standing stone and the mound on the far right is Maen Hir

Image credit: nix stewart