Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley)

Also known as:
Mynydd William Meyrick
Nearest town:
Maesteg (10km WSW)
OS reference:
SS95229271
OS sheet:
170
Latitude:
51° 37' 22.51 N
Longitude:
3° 30' 49.62 W
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Images

Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking WSW from the cairn into the Ogwen Valley/Ogwr Fawr.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 11, 2013
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Large slab buried in the cairn’s large footprint. The stack of stones is not a shelter, but rather a solid cylinder.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 11, 2013
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Since my last visit in 2010, the cairn has developed a new backdrop.

Image credit: A. Brookes (27.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 11, 2013
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Looking from the large funerary cairn Carn-y-Hyrddod across Nant-y-Moel to Mynydd William Meyrick......... the Mynydd Ton cairns are within the forestry upon the left end of the ridge top, Garn Fawr centre, Garn Fach to right of image.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 6, 2011
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The no-longer “fawr” cairn in its landscape, looking NNW.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.7.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 10, 2010
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

More evidence of the original mound. This must have been a magnificent cairn once, at almost 19m across. What a mess it is now.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.7.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 10, 2010
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The cylinder of stones has been built on top of what looks like original construction.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.7.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 10, 2010
Image of Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

The low remains of the cairn, with various piles of stone built from the material.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.7.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 10, 2010

Articles

Garn Fawr (Ogmore Valley)

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 21, 2010

Back onto forestry paths, this time heading south towards the biggest of today’s cairns, Garn Fawr (erm, “Big Cairn”). According to Coflein, the cairn has a diameter of almost 19m. Unfortunately it’s completely trashed. An OS trig pillar has been erected on the top, but that’s the least of the problems. There are several walkers cairns and a big (6ft tall) cylinder of stone, all of which have been constructed from material robbed from this once magnificent cairn. Very little remains now to tell you that there even was a cairn here. There is some evidence of original rubble construction at ground level, but little else.

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