At about 5 in the
morning I heard an over-enthusiastic cockerel in the distance despite
that it was still pitch black. The peacocks (still in the tree) took
this as their cue to start their calling and this continued on and
off until after we got up. I thought that peacocks were lovely but I
am reviewing my opinion!
We chose Tyddin Albert
because it is close to a number of archaeological sites that we
wanted to see and today was the day to see them. The weather forecast
was a little dubious but the morning looked OK so we set off on our
circular walk of 5 or six miles. Our route took us to Caer Leb, an
Iron Age fortified agricultural settlement; Castell Bryn-gwyn, a
neolithic religious sanctuary further fortified by the Romans; a pair
of very impressive standing stones close to Castell Bryn-gwyn (at OS
463 669); the neolithic burial chamber of Bodowyr; Iron Age (?) hut
circles next to Pont Sarn-Las (OS 471 679) and the remains of a small
burial chamber between Tyddin Albert. Not bad for a short walk! We
were lucky that we did the whole walk without a drop of rain.
We spent the afternoon
relaxing watching the peacocks, guinea fowl and goldfinches (we have
seen a lot of these pretty birds over the past few days).
Photos: The massive
standing stones close to Castell Bryn-gwyn; Bodowyr burial chamber;
Push-me-pull-you no. 5 at the hut circles.
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