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Originally called Cadair Macsen (‘Macsen’s Fort’), this mountain has long been associated with Magnus Maximus / Macsen (335-388 AD) from The Mabinogion, and also with the Tylwyth Teg (fairies). In the 1831 book Cambrian Superstitions, folklorist William Howells tells of a local shepherd boy who was taken by the fairies to their own country. The Tylwyth Teg wanted him to stay, but implored him not to drink from a particular well. Curious, he eventually gave in to temptation, and in a flash found himself back on the slopes of Frenni Fawr. A footpath runs up and across the mountain passing various Early Bronze Age barrows, one of which may hold the mythical Frenni Fawr treasure which is said to be guarded by a nasty ghost.
Frenni Fawr, Crymych
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- Region : South West Wales
- Grid Ref : SN 20298 34912
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Originally called Cadair Macsen (‘Macsen’s Fort’), this mountain has long been associated with Magnus Maximus / Macsen (335-388 AD) from The Mabinogion, and also with the Tylwyth Teg (fairies). In the 1831 book Cambrian Superstitions, folklorist William Howells tells of a local shepherd boy who was taken by the fairies to their own country. The Tylwyth Teg wanted him to stay, but implored him not to drink from a particular well. Curious, he eventually gave in to temptation, and in a flash found himself back on the slopes of Frenni Fawr. A footpath runs up and across the mountain passing various Early Bronze Age barrows, one of which may hold the mythical Frenni Fawr treasure which is said to be guarded by a nasty ghost.
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