Bryn Cader Faner
Map of Bryn Cader Faner
Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales.[1] The diameter is 8.7 metres (29 ft) and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn.[2] It is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC. The site was disturbed by 19th-century
Second World War, the British Army used the site for gunnery practice. The Army damaged many of the stones on the east side.[3][4]
Bryn Cader Faner is thought to mean 'the hill with the chair with the flag' or 'the hill of the throne with the flag'.
References
- ^ "Bryn Cader Faner". Megalithics.com.
- ^ megalithics.com
- ^ "Bryn Cader Faner". Stones of Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Bryn Cader Faner". Megalithics.com. August 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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