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 .

Imbolc 2022

The first significant day in the Pagan year cycle . Imbolc marks the beginning of Spring...

Light a fire .. 

Iron Age fort at  Mynydd Maendy yesterday on my travels .

Cae'r-hen-Eglwys

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Cae'r-hen-Eglwys

One and  half metre high Standing Stones located in a hill field at Cae'r-hen-Eglwys ,    between the villages of Cefn Cribwr and Lalestown . The stones are not prehistoric monoliths . They are gateposts and represent all that remains of a 11th Century Medieval Church - ' St Cewydd's Church '  . 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone...  .. The weather for the last week and more  has been a combination of  grey  skies constant rain and gales  .The rain ceased yesterday morning- New Years Eve -  the sun made an appearance  .  Making the most of the dry day I hiked up in to hills . It turned out to be a false dawn weather wise  . I got absolutely drenched in monsoon type conditions  . Hiking over to Cefn Rhondda  10km there and back.  Trekking over the top of the mountain then along the forest road into intermittent thick fog that hung over the  bronze age site magically transforming  a very wet Saturday into an awesome experience . 

Stay Safe..

Cairn 1 aligned with Cairn no 2 .

Cairn no 2  (( SS99279629)

Birch Polypore 

Cairn 3  ..50 metres  from Cairns 1& 2