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Croes
Caen, Tywyn We camped the night
outside Tywyn and tried to visit the church in town to see an important
inscribed stone. The church was locked unfortunately. This is the only
early carved stone in Gwynedd that is in Welsh and dates back to the 7th-9th
century. On the outskirts of town heading towards Arthog a standing stone
can be found beside the road just by a right turn.
This is a tall thin
stone reaching 2.5m in height. The name means “Stone Cross” but it is
not carved. Tradition says that in some way it was used to defeat a
dragon. Cregennan
Lakes This area is rich in standing stones and ancient sites but is not very easy to get to as some of the roads are very steep and narrow and not well signposted. Maps are essential here. The easiest way (but still steep and narrow) is to take a left turn just north of Arthog that is signed Cregennan Lakes.
View at the lakes It is a fairly spectacular drive up to the lakes and you will come to a carpark there. Just south of the lakes near the road is a quite impressive stone in a picturesque setting.
We tried to find the Arthog kerb cairn at SH 652 139 that is not marked on the OS map but failed. The footpaths are vaguely marked here and we will have to try again. If anyone has info. On this site could you please email me. At the next junction
turn right and head straight on passing another stone in a field to the
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Continue along the lane until you enter some forest and look for footpath signs and a small layby on the left after a short distance. Park here. Take the footpath that heads south – that is the steep one. The path climbs up through the forest for about ½ mile until you reach a clearing at the top where the cairn is. On the way you pass the remains of a cairn and some old stone structures.
Cairn on the way up Bedd y Brenin means “Grave of the king”. It is badly damaged and if it wasn’t for the trees would have had fine views from here.
The cairn on the top It is about 30m diameter and was first excavated in 1851 when the damage was done. A capstone was found covering a burial cist that can be seen now in the base of a wall to the east that was built over the cairn at a later date.
The
cist in the wall |
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