1. The base of a robbed cairn, 8.8m in diameter, for which kerbing has been claimed, but dismissed. A visually dominant 'beehive' cairn 5.8m in diameter and 3.7m high, stands upon, and is probably responsible for, its wreck.
(Source OS495 card; SN85NE5)
J.Wiles 04.04.2002
2. CAIRN BASE. 8.8M DIA. 0.6M HIGH. MODERN BEEHIVE CAIRN 5.8M DIAM 3.7M HIGH OBSCURES PART. KERB NOTED BY RCAHM archive, 1972 BUT DISCOUNTED BY OS, 1978. (RC 55-6) There are cairns on either end of DRYGARN FAWR on land belonging to the National Trust. Both are surmounted by modern cairns which take the form of beehive towers.1 It is unclear exactly when these were built, but they may have been erected as markers during the present century. (RC 55) The more westerly, on the summit of the ridge and 645 m above O.D., is stone-built and 9.8 m (N.-S.) by 8.8 m (E.-W.) in diameter. The remains of a kerb of blocks set end to end may be traced around its perimeter. Some blocks are up to 1.3 m long. Although the interior only attains a height of 0.6 m, the modern dry-stone cairn, which is of solid masonry, stands 5.8 m in diameter and 3.7 m high, surmounted by a small cap of white quartz stones and a concrete boundary pillar.2 1. O.S.Card SN 85 NE 5;W.E.Griffiths, Arch.in Wales 12 (1972), p. 5. 2. O.S.Card SN 85 NE 2. RCAHMW, 1995 - Draft Inventory description. Bronze Age Cairn base topped by modern beehive Marker Cairn, itself topped by quartz stone. BA cairn - Diameter 8.8m, Height 0.5m. Beehive cairn - Diameter 5.77m, Height 3.5m. Extensive 360 degree view of area, line of sight to the Preselli's to the SW. J.Bonsall, NT, 20/07/2002
