Rhos Gwawr Cairnfield Revisited part 1

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Fog on the hill . .   

Ring cairn grid ref SN 9957 0037

Rhos Gwawr Cairns Revisited part 2

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Round Barrow . Largest cairn in field . 100 metres from road gate  .  (grid ref ) SN 994007   

SN 9920 0090  

SN 9947 0079

I counted forty cairns on this site in three separate areas .

Rhos Gwawr Cairnfield Revisited part 3

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My last visit here was a few years ago on a lovely summer's day a few mounds were covered in thick vegetation . I went back to Rhos Gwawr last week for a more thorough look of the site .Spring in the air . Sun threatened to break through a layer of fog .

ring cairn

Recumbent Stone ?

Round Barrow Cyst 

Cwm Henwen Standing Stone

 

A few weeks ago I spent the afternoon at  Usk Reservoir. Turned out to be the last day pre current lockdown . Fuck knows when I will be able to travel non essentially past the county line again. . After my visit to  Gwern - Wyddog  I made my way back down to the road walking north east . Cwm Henwen (SN82962929) about a mile away  . The stone is 1.5 metres high not unlike a boundary marker from a distance .On closer inspection I think it more likely to be the rump of a larger stone . The sacred twin peaks of Nant Du and Pen y Fan are in clear view looking north east . 

Cwm Henwen

 

Big hills and country lanes

 

  Pentre  - Penderyn - Heol Senni ...

Out on the road bike last week 100 kms ride was a very enjoyable day out .

... - Crai - Upper Tawe Valley - Pen y Cae - Glynneath - Treherbert

Hendre' Mynydd Iron Age Settlement 

 Llyn Fawr Reservoir 

Rhigos Mountain Fog

Carn yr Arian

Maen Llia

Fan Bwlch Chwyth

Glasfynydd Forest 

Alpacas

Bwlch Cerrig Duon 

Bwlch Cerrig Duon

Waen Leuci Standing Stone 

Maen Leuci 

Maen Mawr

Gwern-Wyddog (Grid RefSN83322835)

 

Having been spending most of my free time on the road bike all other activity was put on the back burner for a while . Earlier this week my other half and I drove to Usk Reservoir .I wanted to see two standing stones , been meaning to visit there for what seems like ages . This part of the Brecon national park is full of interesting ancient monuments . Being my first time over there I didn't venture too far from the muddy banks . Gwern-Wyddog is less than a mile from the rear of the car park which was handy . Short walk up a steep bank . Took a few photos at the top . The area around the reservoir is  spectacular. Dramatic views in every direction the Black Mountain range is the most striking . The stone is very easy to locate just go over a gate into the next field straight across you can't really miss the seven foot high monolith .