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Sandstone cairn with view NE to the Black Mountains.

Looking up the course of a mudflow towards its source in unconsolidated material beneath the rock band at the head of Cwm Pwllfa. The flow is visible for miles as a great streak extending perhaps 100m down the slope.

On the slopes below Waun Rydd, with Cwm Oergwm below. Another nearby example at SO0620 : Peat erosion on Waun Rydd.

A small band of walkers head westwards over Waun Rydd. High above some fellow humans travel somewhat faster, and no doubt in greater comfort, but in a metal tube detached from their environment, reality and nature.

Cerddwyr wrth y gofeb i'r pum Canadiad a fu farw pan blymiodd eu hawyren Wellington R1465 i'r ddaear yn 1942. Walkers at the memorial to the five Canadian crew members who were killed when their aircraft, a Wellington R1465,... (more)

The summit cairn of Waun Rydd 769 Metres with the main Brecon Beacon Ridge in the background.

The wreckage is that of a Wellington bomber which crashed on 6 July 1942 killing all on board. Clearly the wreckage would have been scattered widely and has been gathered together to form a cairn of metal fragments. There's a memorial... (more)

The plateau has a number of sections like this where the top grasses have been completely eroded leaving the more vulnerable peat under layers exposed.

This recent memorial is for the Canadian crew of Wellington Bomber R1465 that crashed here in July 1942. There are many remembrance crosses and wreaths placed by walkers and walking groups. The small pile of stones on the left, behind the... (more)

Restored several years ago and still in good nick.