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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bedd Taliesin - Round Cairn in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by Johnny on Thursday, 19 September 2002  Page Views: 16679

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bedd Taliesin
Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth  Nearest Village: Tal-y-Bont
Map Ref: SN67149121  Landranger Map Number: 135
Latitude: 52.502555N  Longitude: 3.958773W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Bedd Taliesin
Bedd Taliesin submitted by Johnny : One of the best known prehistoric monuments in Ceredigion, Bedd Taliesin is marked on maps (SN 671 912) and is conveniently situated adjacent to a minor road east of Tal-y-Bont. Bedd Taliesin is the remains of a Bronze Age round kerb cairn containing a 2m long cist. The side slabs of the cist are still in situ but the capstone has become dislodged. (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the best known prehistoric monuments in Ceredigion, Bedd Taliesin is marked on maps (SN 671 912) and is conveniently situated adjacent to a minor road east of Tal-y-Bont.

Bedd Taliesin is the remains of a Bronze Age round kerb cairn containing a 2m long cist. The side slabs of the cist are still in situ but the capstone has become dislodged.
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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup : Bedd Taliesin. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by postman : You won't find a more precariously supported capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : A view of the displaced capstone and collapsed central cist. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup : Bedd Taliesin (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Antonine : Dusk 2008

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Antonine : It’s very close to the road. Taken at dusk, 2008

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Antonine : Dusk 2008

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Antonine

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Antonine : Bit blurry, at dusk, 2008

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Horatio : Probably well known but not really that inspiring for me. Great views though behind my back but I wanted to show the capstone with shape of the cairn and this was the best angle.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup : Bedd Taliesin.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Postman : Try and ignore the frankly amazing collection of big black barrel bags.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Postman : 31 Jan 2008

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup : Bedd Taliesin.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by Bladup

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by postman : Looking back up to the hillside

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by postman : Looking along the passage to the chamber

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : George Nash remarks an antiquarian noting stones here being robbed for gateposts. Take a look at the nearby gateposts across the road, and further around the corner. Also, the dry stone walls have some 'suspicious' stones.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : Viewing the inside of one of the sides of the collapsed cist. Heavy rain, sodden ground, and dripping cobwebs did not incline me on this visit to get any closer!

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : A view incorporating the rocky outcrop to the east of the monument. In many locations where neolithic chambered tombs occur such outcrops are of significance, and may harbour cup marks.

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : A large area of field clearance sits to the SW of the mound. Possible related material?

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Bedd Taliesin submitted by TimPrevett : Looking out from the displaced capstone to the collapsed cist.

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 7.7km NNW 344° Llyn Barfog Cairn* Cairn (SN65159868)
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Re: Bedd Taliesin by Postman on Saturday, 02 December 2017
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About eight miles north of Aberystwyth is an ancient grave known as Bedd Taliesin. According to a local tradition, Taliesin, Chief Bard of the Island of Britain was buried on this spot. The grave, which is composed of stones, is in the centre of a large heap of earth or mound surrounded by stone circles, and some generations ago bones, and even a human skull, were found in it, which probably were the remains of the great ancient poet.
There is a superstition respecting Bedd Taliesin that should anyone sleep in it for one night, he would the next day become either a poet or an idiot. There is a similar popular belief in connection with Cader Idris, in Merionethshire, where an eminant bard once tried the experiment.

Taliesin's Grave is in the Parish of Llanfihangel genau'r Glyn, and in the adjoining parish of Llancynfelin there is a village bearing the name of Taliesin; and, according to the 'Mabinogion,' the great poet was born somewhere between the Dyvi and Aberystwyth. The people of North Cardiganshire believe to this day that Taliesin was both born and buried in their district. The origin of his birth, which was supposed to be very miraculous, and other legends which cling to the memory of this great man are to be found in the Mabinogion.
from 'Folk-lore of west and mid-Wales' by John Ceredig Davies (1911).
http://www.archive.org/stream/folkloreofwestmi00daviuoft#page/n7/mode/2up
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Re: Bedd Taliesin by sem on Wednesday, 22 November 2017
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From Coflein after a visit by T. Driver. "Visited in low autumn sunlight on 15th October 2005. Low light reveals historic inscribed graffiti covering the entirety of the surface of the capstone. In places the graffiti is covered with subsequent lichen growth. This constitutes an important component of the site's later history."
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Re: Bedd Taliesin by sem on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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OS grid ref (Coflein) SN67149121 [updated, thank you]
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Re: Bedd Taliesin by TimPrevett on Saturday, 02 September 2006
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This is reached by a mainly single track road, with occasional passing place.

George Nash remarks an antiquarian noting stones here being robbed for gateposts. Take a look at the nearby gateposts across the road, and further around the corner. Also, the dry stone walls have some 'suspicious' stones.
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