Have we found the Bedd – Part 2
Regular readers will remember a recent blog wondering whether we had found the Bedd (grave) which gives the house and stream its name. Well, it appears we probably hadn’t.
By chance, last week I received an e-mail from a colleague on the Brecon Beacons Local Access Forum. He just happens to work (at the moment) for the Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust, so I pinged a reply and asked if he could see if the Trust had any records which might give the answer.
Yes they did. There are two possible Bronze Age round barrows on Pen Twyn Mawr, just at the top of the Nant-y-Bedd stream. To the untutored eye they don’t look like much, and both appear to have modern stone cairns built on top of them.
Archeological site CPAT5104…
..described as: Possible burial cairn comprising disturbed area of turf-covered stone around 4m across x 0.2m high. A modern cairn lies adjacent.
This cairn was apparently first noted on the Ordnance Survey in 1916.
and
Archeological site CPAT65001..
..described as : Possible cairn comprising spread of partly turf-covered stones c. 6m across x 0.2m high, lying beneath a modern cairn.
So there you have it, from the ‘horse’s mouth’ as they say, the true origin of the name.
Many thanks to Jeff Spencer and the Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust for the info and photos.
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