Llanmadoc Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
SS440927

Nearest town:

Burry Port (8km NNW)

OS reference:

SS440927

OS sheet:

159

Latitude:

51° 36' 39.47 N

Longitude:

4° 15' 11.7 W

Added to TMA by

GLADMAN

Images (29)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Llanmadoc Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thelonious

16/03/2020 – Llanmadoc Hill – Cairn XII

thelonious Mar 18, 2020

Image of Llanmadoc Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Cairn XII.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Unfortunately Cairn XII has suffered at the hands of shelter building idiots.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

The very substantial Cairn XII, the best preserved of the dozen or so cairns on Llanmadoc Hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn XII (SS440927) at the eastern end of the ridge.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Looking east across Cairn X, with the big summit cairn (Cairn XII) on the high point beyond.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn X (SS43829268), another wreck.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn IX (SS43749265), looking west along the ridge.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn VIII (SS43689263).

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn VII (SS43539258), another large – 17m diameter – cairn that has been robbed right down.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 6, 2015

Cairn V, looking ENE with the Loughor Estuary far left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

Trashed Cairn V (SS43379260), looking NW across Carmarthen Bay towards Pembrokeshire.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

Looking west across Cairn III towards the (out of sight) summit of the hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

Kerbstones on the northern edge of Cairn III. G/F is standing on the main path along the top of Llanmadoc Hill, but I doubt many of the visitors stop to look at this site on their way past.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

1m long slab of quartz conglomerate off-centre in Cairn III. Possible indication of a cist?

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

Looking across Cairn III (SS43299249). This one is a large ring of stones, almost 25m across, with kerbing on the north and a large slab off-centre.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

The low remains of Cairn I between the toposcope and the stone pile.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

The low remains of Cairn I (the stone pile is a modern addition) with Rhossili Down and Worm’s Head beyond.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

The westernmost cairn on the hill is almost non-existent and now has a stupid QEII commemorative toposcope added.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2014)

thesweetcheat Feb 1, 2015

Posted to show some landscape context. Although not the highest hill on the Gower Peninsula, Llanmadoc Hill utterly dominates the skyline of North Gower when seen from across the river in Carmarthenshire, making it an obvious place for a Bronze Age cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.5.2013)

thesweetcheat Jul 15, 2013

Image of Llanmadoc Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by GLADMAN

A modern cairn surmounts a much larger footprint, a little west(ish) of the OS trig pillar. The cairn possesses a superb view looking toward Worm’s Head.... would have been even better without the driving hail, but there you are.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 5, 2012

Rhossili Down rises beyond another trashed cairn upon the ridge.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 5, 2012

Looking eastwards across one of the shattered cairns toward the main cairn during a fierce, wet hail storm. [Image from my Dad’s reserve pocket digital wrapped in cling film... somehow set to black n’white. Whatever!]

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 5, 2012

The main cairn from the west...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

Quite possibly the most ridiculous example of a ridiculous genre I’ve yet encountered.... the main cairn is sadly defaced by a couple of ‘storm shelters’... standing upon a hilltop well under a 1000ft tall. Ludicrous. The view compensates all.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

The main cairn...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

Looking east to The Bulwark from the main Bronze Age cairn.... note – as Kammer mentions in his hillfort misc post – how the cairn occupies the prime spot upon the hillside, the hillfort making do with the eastern slopes. What d’ya make of that, then?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

Looking approx west along the long summit ridge of Llanmadoc Hill from the main Bronze Age cairn. There are numerous other cairns encountered in a linear progression to the distant OS trig point... however these are all seriously ravaged. Note the wondrous Worm’s Head caught for ever heading out to sea top left of image. It is well worth taking the walk to the summit for a quite superb view of this natural marvel.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

By far the most substantial remaining cairn of the cemetery, approaching from The Bulwark hillfort. The Mam C does the usual scale duties.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Feb 2, 2012

Articles

Llanmadoc Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

thelonious Mar 18, 2020

16/03/2020 – It’s a fine walk over Llanmadoc Hill from Llangennith to Llanmadoc. Not a big hill but you really feel away from it all. Lots of cairns on this one. Cairn XII just before you get to the Bulwark is very good. I was really taken with it and a great place to sit and admire the scenery. Worth mentioning the lovely Llanmadoc community shop at the foot of the hill as well. Good place for a coffee and slice of cake.