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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | High angle view of Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire, Wales, looking north. A rarely seen view of the top of the huge capstone. |
| Posted Comments: cerrig
(2010-02-07) | Wow Thingy, you must be really tall. You're not Welsh are you. We have vacancies for lineout jumpers, anyone who's seen Gavin and Stacy is eligible to be in the team now,well,since yesterday. | Thingy
(2010-02-07) | Correction: this view is looking south! | Thingy
(2010-02-07) | Cerrig, I've never been good at sports but I suppose that doesn't matter for the team you have in mind! | cerrig
(2010-02-07) | It's one of those "preferable but not essential" qualifications now. If you can make Cardiff next saturday you're in. | pab
(2010-02-07) | Wonderful to see the top Thingy - you've been carting that scaffolding set around Wales again! Strange thing is, I have really liked seeing the kite photos of sites, but never even wondered what the top of Pentre Ifan looked like. Thanks for this new view.
It also shows that the mound must have been visible from the top of the Precelli hills too when it was covered - I have often looked from up there and not managed to locate Pentre Ifan...must try harder! | pab
(2010-02-07) | Thingy, looking at the 'line-of-sight' over the bungalows on MemoryMap, I think the ridge on the horizon between the white bungalow and black roofs must be Foel Feddau (SN10223236). The slightly lower bit of ridge to the left of the white bungalow would therefore be Carn Sian (SN12923222), which is just above Bedd Arthur.
For those who (like me!) hadn't realised Pentre Ifan should be visible from up there, I will post a screenshot of the sight line. | Thingy
(2010-02-08) | I look forward to seeing that Pab. Often I find sight lines that appear obvious in one direction never work in the other. As the vegetation grows and humidity and heat haze appear, the object you are sure you have a direct line of sight on is often impossible to find. I also find that shifting position - even by a few tens of metres - can be very revealing. | pab
(2010-02-08) | I think what is needed here is someone on a scaffolding tower next to Pentre Ifan, waving wildly, while I try and spot them from the hills! | Thingy
(2010-02-09) | Pab, I agree that it needs two - one at each end of the line - but I notice that I'm the one who's been 'volunteered' to do the wild shifting of position. I can see it now, you on the hill in a deckchair, with binos and beer; me frantically running around Pentre Ifan waving my arms and scaring off the tourists. Can I get back to you on that one... |
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