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Swansea Ramblers Walk



Mynydd Llangynderyn




Walk Start / Finish Location:
Layby on the Meinciau road off B4306, Pontyberem

Walk Distance: 2.5 - 3 miles (1.5 - 2 hours)

Walk Level: Easy with a short climb and some mud

Parking: Layby on the Meinciau road off B4306, Pontyberem (limited parking - Free)

Transport: Traveline - www.traveline.info   - or - Telephone 0871 200 22 33




Walk Description



This access land has a standing stone, ancient cairns and rugged outcrops. From the top you can see the countryside for miles around.

Cross the B4306 to an old milestone near the footpath sign. Follow the track past houses.
A private road sign comes into view but this is a right of way on foot. On the left, after the sign is a grassy area and a path ascends the hillside.
Watch on the left for a standing stone then continue right to a cairn and trig point for the view. Continue and descend the path, bearing left.
Near an old quarry, bear right. Trees are on your left and high ground on your right. Watch ahead for the working quarry.
The path soon seems to disappear but here turn right and climb over the rise.
A rocky outcrop is ahead of you and the path can go left or right.

(The easier 2.5 mile walk turns right to the trig and past the standing stone to the road. Turn left along the road to the car).

A longer walk turns left at that junction along a well walked path to a farm track. Turn right and follow to its end.
The kissing gate is hidden at the side of a structure after the house. Another kissing gate takes you up into a marshy field.
There are no further path markers so check your map. Bear right uphill to a gap in the hedge and go almost straight across towards a wire fence at the end of the field.
Turn right and continue down along a hedge towards a house. A narrow lane reaches a surfaced track. Turn left and follow to the road and the car.


Ramblers Cymru and Swansea Ramblers provide these routes but accept no responsibility for those walking them.

If you would like to go on a walk but would prefer to do so with a group of people then click on our Programme section to see what walks we are leading.

We have walks for varying levels of ability and you get the chance to see the countryside in places you might never go by yourself!






Maps of the Walk






Ordnance Survey map of the route to walk
Resizable and draggable
(Can be reset to original dimensions by refreshing the page)
Green Swansea Ramblers logo markers where present can be clicked to provide more information

Peoples Collection link

The route of this walk has been added to The National Museum of Wales' Peoples Collection Web site.
A choice of aerial imagery or historic Ordnance Survey mapping is available.
Click the map to enter their web site (opens in a new browser window)
or copy and paste this link into a new browser window.
http://www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk/Trail/798-mynydd-llangynderyn




Photographs of the Walk


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The old milestone


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The private sign refers to traffic. This is a right of way on foot


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Ascend the hillside here


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Turn left to see the standing stone then go right and uphill
The shorter walk will return past this stone



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A 360 degree view near here can be viewed at the end of these photographs


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The old quarry is to the left but the walk goes right


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The working quarry comes into view


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Paxtons Tower


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Turn left for the longer walk or turn right back to the trig for the shorter one


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These photos continue left for the longer walk
See further down the photos for the shorter return to the right



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Continue along this track to the road


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The next photographs show the earlier return route for the shorter walk


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Sunset over the mountain


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Turn left, watching for traffic and return to the start



A scrollable 360 degree panorama from the path
(Firefox users will need to click on the photo to activate the scroll bars)




More information about walking in Wales is available at:    www.ramblers.org.uk/wales

Ramblers Cymru and Swansea Ramblers provide this route but accept no responsibility for those walking it

All photographs Copyright 2012 Andrew Morgan. All rights reserved




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