Tarren Maerdy

Nearest town:
Aberdare (6km NNE)
OS reference:
SS980971
OS sheet:
170
Latitude:
51° 39' 46.42 N
Longitude:
3° 28' 29.69 W
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Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

How green is my valley? Tarren Maerdy seen across the Rhondda Fach valley from Craig y Gilwern. The two fine cairns are on the flat ridge above the steep scarp slope.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.5.2014)
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thesweetcheat Jul 13, 2014
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Cairn II is situated just below the rise, Cairn I is on top of it, but not visible from here.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 29, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Stonework in Cairn II. The leaning slab in the centre is the one referred to in the Coflein record as possibly a cist side-slab.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 29, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Unlike the more elevated Cairn I, Cairn II has a view down to the floor of Rhondda Fach. The town is Ferndale.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 29, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Tarren Maerdy Cairn II (SE), looking SE towards Mynydd Ty’n-tyle, which has further cairns.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 29, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking SW towards the newly-erected windfarm and the cairns of Mynydd Ty’n-tyle.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 28, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking east across the Rhondda Fach. The valley floor is not visible from the cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 28, 2013
Image of Tarren Maerdy (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Cairn I (NW), an inconspicuous mound concealing a gem of a cist.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.7.2013)
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thesweetcheat Aug 28, 2013

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Tarren Maerdy
Cairn(s)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2013

Pairs of cairns with disturbed cists on Tarren Maerdy, on the ridge between the valleys of Rhondda Fawr (to the south) and Rhondda Fach (north).

Coflein descriptions:

Tarren Maerdy Cairn I (SS97959720)

A round cairn approximately 9m diameter and 0.7m high. In the centre is a cist defined on three sides by pitched slabs, with smaller packing stones behind, 1.25 x 0.5m and 0.7m deep. The cairn is set back from the brow of the hill, and therefore there is no view to the valley below, only the hill opposite.

Tarren Maerdy Cairn II (SS98049709)

A mound on the brow of a hill overlooking the Rhondda Fechan valley to the the north-east. It is approximately 4m in diameter and grass covered but with several boulders, including one pitched slab that possibly lined a cist.

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