Sychnant Pass

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Site Index Druids' Circle 2 Druids' Circle 3 Druids' Circle 4 Sychnant Pass Conwy Cromlechs Druids' Circle Llandrillo Moel ty Uchaf Llandudno Capel Garmon Barmouth Ffridd Newydd Dyffryn Ardudwy Harlech Llyn Brenig Beddgelert Rhos y Beddau Penbedw Denbighshire Gwytherin		Pensychnant Historical Walk SH 749 769 Directions Head to Penmaenmawr. Turn left at the Mountain View Hotel in Penmaenmawr and follow the road for 2 miles passing a couple of pubs and a tearoom. Where the road meets high walls there is a parking area. Park here. Sychnant Pass - Car park Cross over the road and go through a gate in the wall and follow this track over a stile to a lake. Just after the lake you meet a farm track, do not go on this but turn immediately right and head up a vague path through the bracken uphill. The path takes an “S” shape and reaches a crag on your left. On the right is a small stream here and rocks scattered in the bracken – this is the site of an Iron Age settlement dating back 2000 years. There are remains of seven round huts here. Sychnant Pass - Lake As you go higher you meet a better defined track. Follow this winding track to the top where you meet a wall on your left. This marks the boundary between enclosed land and open moorland. Continue along the track as it curves away from then returns to the wall. Just beyond a gate in the wall on the right is a small slab of stone embedded in the ground. This marks the site of a medieval “hafodty” or summerhouse, where up to the end of the 18^th century farmers stayed. Continue along the track until you reach the stone circle. Stone Circle SH 747 754 This circle has been badly damaged – one of the fallen stones has been split by blasting – the drilled hole is still visible. It dates back about 3500 years and measures around 10 metres diameter. It stands on an ancient route along with Druid’s Circle and other cairns and standing stones between here and the North coast.
		Sychnant Pass - Stone Circle Sychnant Pass Stone Circle - Rock split in two by blasting
		Further on you will see a large standing stone a distance away in a field on the left. When you are in line with it turn your back to it and walk forward into a shallow dip between two low hills. After a couple of hundred metres you will come across the remains of a medieval settlement in the bracken. Site of medieval settlement Return to the wall and continue along to some sheep pens. These are used by farmers to sort out the ownership of the sheep. Turn right up the path and head straight on. The path will come to some trees and stone walls. At the trees turn right and follow the path through the bracken .
		When the path meets some power lines the trail passes through a site of iron age huts. From here head on up to a stile in the wall ahead. Cross the stile and follow the track through the heather. Along this path are foundations of eight medieval longhouses . these are hard to see if the bracken is high and consist of rectangular depressions and some have occasional stones set on edge. The path carries on under the power line then down through a grassy area, under more power lines and bends to the right and goes downhill to a T junction. Turn left here and follow the path back to the carpark. Druids' Circle [ Druids' Circle 2 ] [ Druids' Circle 3 ] [ Druids' Circle 4 ] [ Sychnant Pass ]
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