Wednesday, 26 September 2012

BANC BRYN 20 - 09 - 2012 - NEOLITHIC STONE ROW UNDER THREAT REQUIRES CONSTANT GUARDIAN CARE AS CARRIED OUT BY SANDY GERRARD and Sophie Smith Our YTCC Campaigner.


BANCBRYN MIS MEDI 2012.

YTCC Uses the Celtic Cross as a symbol of 'Y Groes Naid' as a flag to mark out 
Heritage in the Landscape sites we campaign to defend.

The Stone Row Neolithic Archaeological Remains.


Our thanks here to Sandy Gerrard.

29 Jan 2012 ... Following on from our recent article, this is a guest article by Sandy Gerrard, one
of the co-discoverers of the threatened stone row at the ...
heritageaction.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/mynydd-y-betws-windfarm-stone-row-the-discoverers-tale/ - 72k - Similar pages

14 May 2012 ... Dr Sandy Gerrard, joint discoverer of the Mynydd Y Betws stone row, has written scheduling recommendations for over 50 stone rows. He has ...
https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/ - 56k - Similar pages

15 Feb 2012 ... Freelance archaeologist Dr Sandy Gerrard said a digger working on the
construction of the 15-turbine MynyddyBetwswindfarm had to be halted ...
www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/9529953._Digger_nearly_destroyed_Betws_Mountain_s_Neolithic_stone_row_/ - 65k - Similar pages

6 Jun 2012 ... Dr Sandy Gerrard, joint discoverer of the Mynydd y Betws Stone Row and critic of the archaeological procedure surrounding the development ...
heritageaction.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/mynydd-y-betws-stone-row-very-poor-scholarship-and-a-system-which-is-clearly-unfit-for-purpose/ - 95k - Similar pages

20 Feb 2012 ... Here is Sandy Gerrard's preliminary report on the archaeology he has found as a
result of a rapid survey he has carried out in a small area.
heritageaction.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/mynydd-y-betws-sandy-gerrards-preliminary-report/ - 63k -Similar pages

Sandy Gerrard. @gerrard292. Archaeologist and farmer. Interests include the
early tin industry, bracken, upland archaeology, heritage designation,goats and ...
twitter.com/gerrard292 - 180k - Similar pages

12 Sep 2012 ... Sandy Gerrard uploaded a video 1 hour ago. Thumbnail 2:16 ... In the future you will only see uploads from Sandy Gerrard. In the future you will ...
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0dis1jw2WS_t9gUxJ3NKeQ - 41k - Similar pages

Archaeologist Sandy Gerrard has been investigating Mynydd y Betws for several
months. Sandy was an English Heritage designation officer for 20 years.
www.littledrum.co.uk/savemynyddybetws/neolithichistory.html - 4k - Similar pages

Save the Mynydd y Betws Neolithic Site. 139 likes · 0 talking about this.
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Artwork and Photos thanks to Sophie Smith (C).





Stone Row to the North crossed by MYB/WMPL Maintenance Road.










Stone Row to the South.






The 'Blue Beast' of Bancbryn, a special crane to be used I believe to lift Turbine Towers into foundations at present kept parked in one location, the 'Blue Beast' can be seen from the A474 also from a number of locations on Mynydd y Betws along with the TV mast it is a good location direction finder if out Glyndwr rambling.




Photo Below: This is on route of St Illtyd's Way across Mynydd y Betws, see in distance a better wider way. The public foot path sign had been knocked down, we replaced it up right. Behind us it crosses through accessible 'Red Topped Gates' over the Maintenance road to continue back towards north.



MAPS:
OS Explorer (1:25000 scale) Map of Mynydd y Betws, a hill/mountain in Wales :
Carmarthen to Vale of Neath.
www.walkingclub.org.uk/hill/mynydd-y-betws.shtml - 13k - Similar pages

Download or bag Mynydd y Betws (#2280)Hill Details + GPS Waypoints: GPS
POI File + OS Grid Reference in Memory Map .GPX, GPSU, Aquet .AEF, Google 
www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/download/?hill=Mynydd y Betws&hillnumber=2280 - 43k -Similar pages

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