Cwm Nant, Ystradfellte

 

                        

Got the push bike out of the shed today . Cycled over the mountain to Brecon National Park to visit a Bronze Age Cairn/ Round Barrow at Cwm Nant, Ystradfellte .. . ..Happy Solstice !

            Cairn is next to the  road ..

Mynydd Ton Cairn no 2

           Mynydd Ton Cairn no 2 (grid ref SS9493094050 )

Last friday morning I hiked to the top of Mnydd Ton visiting two cairns situated  at the top . Heading out at 9 on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far . Last October was the last  time I hiked to the top.  The cairn was then hidden off path amongst tall pines . I had to navagate around tree branches to get up close . On Friday much to my surprise the forestry people had cut down  trees obscuring the Cairn . The site is greatly improved by having an unrestricted view . A trig point sits on top of the cairn possibly above the central cyst which was visible when the cairn was excavated in 1902 .

Mynydd y Gelli 

Rhondda Stonehenge below edge of forest '

Mynydd Ton Cairn no 1

 

Mynydd Ton no1 (SS94799395) 

 Ruined Bronze Age cairn set in a gap between trees . A pile of stones sits on top .