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I made plans to visit a Roman Amphitheatre near Newport to mark this years winter solstice. Unfortunately a week of heavy rain put paid to my plans . The ground in and around the amphitheatre was waterlogged .
It wasn't too hard to find an alternative ancient site .
I have gone past Garth Hill hundred of times on the train so getting there is easy . I took the train .. It was raining when I boarded and raining when I alighted . It wasn't too long before sun made an appearance as I was crossing over the river Taff . The other side of the bridge is where the mountain starts . I went through a short narrow tunnel before zig zagging my way up a steep bank onto a road . Which led to a a mile long steep narrow mountain road , .. "it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and 'roll' ..
I then hiked up a dirt track that led to a plateau , from there I could see a large barrow a few hundred metres west . One of five that run along the summit of Mynydd Y Garth .
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Views in all directions are stunning
Largest mound has a trig point attatched .Not nice ..
