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  . 

Carn-y-Wiwer Round Cairn

Carn -y- Wiwer (ss 9019903 ) 

 

Moutain bike to the top of the Bwlch then along the top . Then on- to the forestry road which goes  through ,Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm . Turned out to be pretty exciting ride  .Overhead i spot  a Sparrowhawk wings fluttering  almost motionless over a clearing   . Further on a bushy tailed fox crosses the road a few metres from me , lucky me . Approaching  the cairn I can't see much from the road  . I walk up  small avenue of trees turning right to see a fenced off area where the cairn is . There isn't much to see .  What remains of  Carn - y - Wiwer is  a few stones the rest is long gone or is hidden beneath thick undergrowth .

Bachen Carreg Round Cairn

Bachen Carreg Round Cairn (SS 90765 98213)

Ruined round cairn set low to the ground  .