Carn Mynydd Blaengwynfi

Carn Mynydd Blaengwynfi

A few weeks ago during a cold spell. I braved the freezing conditions .Got the mountain bike out of the shed for another Cairn quest  . Mynydd Blaengwynfi (grid ref SS90659737)  

Cairn of unknown origin .OS Trig Point on the top .

 Grass covered  mound  . Large stones on

 the surface .

BIG BLACK .

Mynydd Caerau

'Spent the afternoon in the hills among the ancients'

Near the summit of Mynydd Caerau .

Mynydd Maendy

Mynydd Maendy from other side of valley . Iron age hill fort above the forestry  .

 Graig Fach and Graig Fawr  basin shaped landscape on the horizon the result of glacial activity during the last ice age ..

Mynydd Maendy Hill Fort

Iron Age  Hill Fort (SS95739551)

Maendy Camp is a  2 km uphill hike from the green gate near the bottom of the Bwlch mountain road on the Treorchy side  .

Fort interior is 100 m x 50 m divided into two oval sections *   

Site was first excavated 1901. Flint knives and pottery were recovered from inside a burial cairn . The cairn has since been destroyed . The outline and cist hole are all that remain .  

*Ramparts/ Outer Enclosure Western Edge - 3.03

*Inner  Enclosure  -  4.30 

Ramparts /Outer Enclosure  Northern  Edge - 5.30

Outer Enclosure  - 6. 25 

Crug yr Afan

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Carn Hyrddod

  Carn Hyrddod ( SS91999339 ) ‎11 ‎July ‎2017

  Bronze Age Cairn on the summit of Mynydd Llangeinor the highest point in Bridgend County  where there is a  magnificent view in all directions  . The cairn is in full view of Pen y Fan and Corn Du . 

 

Carn Hyrddod

Carn Brynllydan

Carn Brynllydan (SN87560186) 

Bronze age cairn / round barrow 9 m across built on the summit of a small hill near Glyncorrwg  . 

Takes me 20 minuites from the entrance of Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm on top of the Rhigos on the push bike to get to the area where cairn is . Today is the first time locating a site using a grid reference finder app. My optimism is in the red.  Took a bit longer than than I anticipated to find the cairn .Up and down the bloody hill . Got there in the end I won't be beaten .Next time will be easier now that I have the hang of it . SN87560186 is etched in to my memory probably forever .

Carn Brynllydan

Craig Fawr

 The Bwlch Sunlight on  Craig Fawr

Imbolc

Imbolc is celebrated on the first and second of February .

Our ancestors held  fire festival  to mark the subtle stirrings of Spring . 

Also on the day Brigid  , Pagan goddess of fire and fertility is honoured .

Looking West above Bristol Channel  from top of the Bwlch mountain pass , Rhondda , South Wales  .