Twmpath llosg / Burnt mound

Image: © Alan Richards Taken: 16 Aug 2023

Yn y blaendir uwchben nant fach saif twmpath llosg o'r Oes Efydd. Pan oedd ein hynafiaid yn coginio cig yn ystod y cyfnod hwn byddent yn twymo cerrig mewn tân cyn eu rhoi nhw mewn cafn llawn dŵr i ferwi cig. Pan mewn cysylltiad â dŵr oer byddai llawer o'r cerrig hyn yn chwalu. Mae'r domen yn ganlyniad i groniad dros amser o gerrig wedi'u chwalu a malurion tân fel siarcol. Damcaniaethau eraill yw eu bod nhw'n rhyw fath o sona neu ar gyfer berweddu cwrw. In the foreground above a small watercourse is a Bronze Age burnt mound. When our ancestors cooked meat during this period they would heat stones in a fire before putting them in a trough full of water to boil meat. When in contact with cold water many of the stones would shatter. The mound is a result of an accumulation over time of discarded shattered stones and fire debris such as charcoal. Other theories are that they were used as a sauna or for brewing beer.

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