Bryn Cader Faner

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Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales.{{cite web|title=Bryn Cader Faner|url=http://www.megalithics.com/wales/bryncadr/brynmain.htm|publisher=Megalithics.com}} The diameter is {{convert|8.7|m|ft}} and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn.[http://www.megalithics.com/wales/bryncadr/brynmain.htm megalithics.com] It is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC.

The site was disturbed by 19th-century treasure hunters, who left a hole in the centre, indicating the position of a cist or a grave. Originally there may have been about 30 pillars, each some {{convert|2|m|ft|0}} long. However, before the Second World War, the British Army used the site for gunnery practice. The Army damaged many of the stones on the east side.{{cite web |url=http://www.stonepages.com/wales/bryncaderfaner.html |title=Bryn Cader Faner |publisher=Stones of Wales |access-date=25 June 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithics.com/wales/bryncadr/brynmain.htm |title=Bryn Cader Faner |publisher=Megalithics.com |date=August 2001 |access-date=25 June 2018}}

Bryn Cader Faner is thought to mean 'the hill with the chair with the flag' or 'the hill of the throne with the flag'.