Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns

Three round cairns (SS890942) in different stages of disrepair  near the top of Mynydd Caerau , Garw Valley . Four more Cairns  are on the summit north of the site  .

The East Cairn reduced to a small mound .

                                                     

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Cairns are aligned east west or west east . Depends where you're standing    

Middle Cairn , vandalised what's left is used as a sheep shelter .

  

West Cairn .

 Beacons in the distance  . 

Nice up here .

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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