Bwlch y Ddeufaen
The Bwlch y Ddeufaen ( German "Pass of the Two Stones" ) is a mountain pass in Gwynedd in Wales on the former Roman road Sarn Helen from Caerhun (Canovium) to Caernarfon ( Segontium ) that can only be walked or on horseback . It lies between the peaks of the Tal y Fan and the Drum, in the Carneddau Range in northern Snowdonia .
At the western end of the remote pass there are two large and two smaller menhirs . The westernmost is a cuboid block almost 2.0 meters high, accompanied by a small pair of stones in the east, none of which are over half a meter high. Further east in the valley is the highest of the group, which is around 3.0 meters high.
Menhirs are difficult to date. Since the southern slopes of Tal-y-Fan contain some Neolithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) ( Caerhun ), the stones could be contemporary, but more likely from the later Bronze Age .
In the vicinity there is a stone circle Druid’s Circle (Conwy) and the portal Tomb Maen y Bardd ( German "the Bardenstein" ).
literature
- Edmund Vale: Snowdonia, National Park Guide Number 2 HMSO Fourth Impression with amendments 1963.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 40.7 " N , 3 ° 55 ′ 37.4" W.