Carneddau Hengwm

Heritage Site in Merionethshire

Wales

Carneddau Hengwm

Trawsdir Farm This photograph shows clearly the contrast between the coastal lowlands and the steep hill slopes leading up to the plateau. — Trawsdir Farm Credit: Eric Jones

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Carneddau Hengwm Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 52.763/-4.053 or Grid Reference SH6120. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Trawsdir Farm

This photograph shows clearly the contrast between the coastal lowlands and the steep hill slopes leading up to the plateau.

Eric Jones

Summit cairn of Craig y Grut

Craig y Grut is a 500m Dewey top on the ridge of the southern Rhinogydd. The Mawddach estuary is seen beyond.

Vivien and Geoff Crowder

Approaching Bwlch y Rhiwgyr

The ridge path drops to cross Bwlch y Rhiwgyr, an old drovers road, and ascends to the next top seen here in the background - Mynydd Egryn. Walking north to south, the ridge path has been on the western seaward side of the ridge wall for miles but, if continuing on to Mynydd Egryn, at Bwlch y Rhiwgyr you should switch to the eastern side: there are no stiles or gaps in the cross walls on the western side.

Vivien and Geoff Crowder

Gate on the track from Llyn Irddyn to Afon Ysgethin

The Llŷn Peninsula can be seen in the distance.

Hansjoerg Lipp

Looking towards Moelfre

Viewing one of the fine dry-stone walls which criss-cross the area, from the path and access land above Pont Fadog.

John Lucas

Open gate and ladder stile

This uplands path passes through several dry-stone walls. The ladder stile is probably redundant as the gate is not locked.

John Lucas

Path heading towards Bwlch y Rhiwgyr

The path just clips the north-east corner of the square.

John Lucas

Ascending in Bwlch y Rhiwgyr

The summit of the pass reaches about 1500' ASL.

John Lucas

Gate on the path descending from Bwlch y Rhiwgyr

Forestry on Cerrig y Cledd is seen ahead.

John Lucas

Dry-stone wall on the lower slopes of Craig y Grut

No shortage of construction materials in this area!

John Lucas

Descending from Bwlch y Rhiwgyr

On the slopes of Craig y Grut.

John Lucas

Abaty Egryn Abbey

Ty Ia, efallai, ar fferm sy'n berchen i'r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol / Ice House, perhaps, on a farm that belongs to the National Trust.

Ian Medcalf

Ffermdy Hendre-Eirian Farmhouse

Hendre Eirian means "Eirian's winter dwelling". Eirian is a personal name, which can be either m. or f. and means "bright/splendid". The architectural style is typical of that of farmhouses in Western Meirionnydd.

Eric Jones

Traditional farm buildings at Hendre-Eirian

Eric Jones

Farm track leading to the mountain from Hendre-Eirian

Eric Jones

Shearing sheds at Hendre-Eirian

Eric Jones

Egryn Abbey Farm from the hillside.

In the 14thC Egryn was granted the right to have masses and other divine offices celebrated in its oratory, the establishment being then the Hospital of St Mary the Virgin which served the local poor and wayfarers. A Papal Letter of 1391 describes the place as being "situate between two arms of the sea called Traeth urtro (Artro) and Abermo (Barmouth)..in which the tide ebbs and flows twice a day as far as the mountains.." At the same time the land was farmed by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Cynwrig a direct descendant of Osbwrn Wyddel (Osborn the Irishman). It is now owned by the National Trust. Link