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Graig-ddu, Black Mountains

Round Cairn

Miscellaneous

Not shown on the OS 1:50K map, this mutilated cairn, set upon the southern flank of Graig-ddu, is nevertheless well worth seeking out if lonely, upland sites are your thang..... not only for the sublime views, but also for the shattered remnants of a cist matching those within the Cwm Bwchel cairn to the north. No doubt about this one, then.

According to Coflein:

'A round cairn, 15m in diameter and 1.5m high, having a central cist, which has produced bone fragments and pottery sherds. (source Os495card; SO22NE14) J.Wiles 04.03.03'.
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
6th March 2013ce
Edited 6th March 2013ce

Comments (5)

This is on the list. Nice one. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
6th March 2013ce
Hang on. You haven't seen the pictures yet.... Or Cwm Bwchel. GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
6th March 2013ce
No, but it was already on the list anyway! :oP

Hurry up and post 'em then. :o)
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
6th March 2013ce
Liked the look of Garn Wen, too. But decided to keep that for another easier day... we can swop. GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
6th March 2013ce
Sounds like a fair deal.

Chwarel y Fan seemed like a blooming long walk from Crucorney that day (via Twyn y Gaer).
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
6th March 2013ce
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