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The very full itinerary is given in the full text, but will include a long walk to the Megalithic Crown of Thorns, the Bryn Cader Faner Ring Cairn. This will be a principal aim of the weekend, with several other sites in the area. Also the Lleyn Peninsula's megalithic remains will feature. Folk are welcome to join in as much as their needs or wishes dictate. Please read on, and get in touch if you decide to join in for any part.
We are basing ourselves in the Llanbedr area, where there are two stones at SH 583 270 and also marked stones in the nearby church
If we do not go to 3 days, then a visit to Dyffryn Ardudwy is a must SH 588 288
Lleyn Peninsula Itinerary:
Many possibilities here; sites I feel are a must are in capitals; others in lower case. The route is roughly anti clockwise, entering the Peninsula from the Porthmadog direction.
CIST CERRIG Portal Dolmen, cup marks on rock nearby SH 543 384
Burial Chamber - Ystum cegid ganol SH 498 413
Burial Chamber - Rhoslan SH 484 409
Standing Stone - Rhosgyll SH 465 406
Standing Stone - Y Ffor SH 400 390
Burial Chamber - Y Ffor SH 399 385
Standing Stones -Tir-Gwyn SH 345 390
Standing Stone - Madryn Castle SH 293 365
Burial Chamber - Mynydd Cilan SH 301 235
TAN Y MURIAU Portal Dolmen & Long Cairn SH 238 288
MYNYDD RHIW Mesolithic & Neolithic Axe Factory SH 234 299
Standing Stone - Rhiw SH 226 278
Standing Stone -Llangwnnadl SH 326 209
MYNYDD CEFNAMLWCH Dolmen SH 229 345
Standing Stone - Moel Gwynus SH 346 421
Standing Stone - Lwyndryrys SH 379 417
Standing Stone - Pencaenewydd SH 402 402
BACHWEN Dolmen with 110 + cup marks SH 407 495
Aberdesach SH 430 511
Standing Stone - Coed Hywel SH 445 542
Standing Stone - Pen y Bythod SH 442 554
The Bryn Cader Faner Walk - this will be done on the better weather day of the Saturday or Sunday, should it be a clear choice:
Before doing this walk, there are the Moel Goedog stones and Bedd Gorfal Circle
i) Stone & cairn .6 miles after crossroads on right SH 599 309
ii) Another stone 500 metres further on left just after cattle grid SH602313
iii) Another, small stone 500 metres further on right SH 605 316
iv) Another (2 stones ?) on the left where the road levels SH 607 321
v) A pair of stones further on at SH 608 323
vi) Moel Goedog cairn circles east and west SH 610 324
vii) Moel Goedog settlement
It is suggested that if doing a linear walk taking in Bryn Cader Faner it is recommended, to leave a car near Caerwych Farm, off A496
If I have read the guidebooks correct, the route will take in
5 groups of hut circles
2 ring cairns
1 pair of 'stone rings'
1 concentric circle farmstead
2 burnt mounds
1 cairnfield
1 'circle of stones'
1 cairn
1 rectangular enclosure
as well as Bryn Cader Faner itself
Sites along the linear route:
After moving on from Moel Goedog take the track rom SH 631 338
- cairnfield, 2 round hut foundations, ruined cairn
- a group of stones; small 'circle'
- track cuts through the wall of older prehistoric settlement, 2 round huts with sheepfold over them
- Bryn Cader Faner SH 647 354
- descending from BCF, another groups of huts under sheepfold
- a ringcairn or large hut, a pair of 'stone rings'
- cairn, burnt mound, ring cairn at Y Gyrn
- concentric circle farmstead at Maes y Caerau
- rectangular enclosure and 2 round houses, single hut & burnt mound
Return to car(s) and pick up vehicle(s) left at start
Possible Third Day
Gwern Einion High Portal Dolmen SH 585 296 *Permission needed ask Brwyn Llynau 01766 780 625
Dyffryn ArdudwyChambers SH 588 288
Bron y Foel Isaf Portal Dolmen SH 607 246
Cors y Gedol Dolmen SH 603 228, and Iron Age field systems SH 604 230
This group would be a long walk
Carneddau Hengwm Portal Dolmen & Cotswold Severn Chamber SH 613 205
Hengwm Ring Cairn SH 617 203
Bwlch y Rhiwgyr Cairn SH 627 200
and possibly Cerrig Arthur Stone Circle SH 631 188
To be kept up to date with information on this, and other meets , please join the Megalithic Meets group, where meeting times and places will be posted nearer the time.
*Sometimes factors on the day necessitate last minute changes, so sites listed here may be missed, or substituted with other sites should need dictate.
WALKING OUTSIDE & VISITING ANCIENT MONUMENTS ARE HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES! THESE WALKS ARE ORGANISED FREE BY FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS AND ANY INTERESTED FOLK.
ANY ATTENDING ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES, AND FOR ANY JUNIORS IN THEIR CARE; A DISCLAIMER MAY BE ASKED TO BE SIGNED TO THIS EFFECT
Note: Just under a week now to this megalithic feast; a number of us will likely meet at the Victoria Inn in Llanbedr on Friday evening, starting with the Llanbedr Stones between 9:30am and 10 on Saturday. Please get in touch if you plan to come, but have not done so yet.
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