Castell Nos Reservoir Walk .

'Not a Soul in sight '. 

 Following the Afon Rhondda Fach flowing through Castell Nos Reservoir .

Six Cairns on Mynydd Caerau

 

 Six Bronze age cairns in various states of dissrepair close to the summit of Mynydd Caerau at the head of the Garw Valley .

 It's a beautiful day on the last day of January. I cycle up the Bwlch Mountain from Treorchy . The area I am heading to is off road and is accessable through Llynfi Afan Wind Farm. . 

Being ulta focused locating the Cairns on my last visit in 2018  . I did not appreciate the awesomeness of the scenery . I would go as far to say that the views - the sacred peaks of Corn Du & Pen y Fan - West . The vast expanse of the Bristol Channel -South . Exmoor on the other side .The outline of the coast around the Gower - South West - are the best I have seen on my travels along the hills in the upper Rhondda .

Three aligned cairns are situated thirty metres from the summit SSS890942.

Three more cairns are near the top of the mountain SS88960 ,. One has has been skewered with a trig point making it easy to locatate .Two cairns are ten metres below the trig S/W in close proximity . A shallow bank are all that remain of large burial mounds . 

Is there a reason why ruined cairns can't be reinstated ? .

Imbolc 2023

 

First day of spring . 

Subtle energy beneath my feet ..

Happy New Year !

 

Winter Solstice 2022

 

                                                                  

Craig-y-Bwlch Bronze Age Cairn SN9419003540

 The weather being what it is this time of the year , chances of going somewhere on a spcefic day / date are kinda slim . Which is why  I went a day early on this years Soltice jaunt , after checking the weather app the day before . The sun was out when I started the hike at 9.30 AM . Having  to endure a couple of heavy showers along the way on what turned out to be a 14 K trek is par for the course  The real soaking came crossing moorland . The round cairn is  situated on top af an escarpment facing the sacred twin peaks of  Corn Du/Pen y Fan  on Mnydd Bwlfa  . Craig -y- Bylch is 1mtre high and a diamater of 12 metres . 

The Weather

 

Stunning view 

Black Mountains away in the distance ..

Return to St Cynog's part 1 The Yew Tree

 

Five thousand year old Yew tree in the graveyard of St Cynog's , Defynnog .

Return to St Cynog's part 2

 

Roman burial marker stone at St Cynog's Church Defynnog , in church porch  . A Latin inscription reads  'RUGNIATIO LIVENDONIO' - 'Rugniatis, son of Vendonius'. 

Ogham script is etched into the stone .

Celtic Cross at the top was dates from the Middle ages .