I found a strange reference to Garnwen, Brynberian. Here, on the south side of the road and about a km from Craig Rhosyfelin, there is a "record of a possible barrow." The grid reference is SN112351. Apparently there is no trace of any archaeological feature, but there is a scatter of white quartz fragments -- which presumably led somebody to think of Newgrange and a possible disappeared round barrow. Of course, it may simply be that in this area there is an outcrop of Fishguard Volcanics with a particularly rich concentration of white quartz veins........
Not sure if Richard Bevins and his colleagues have looked at this site during their field sampling of the local volcanic rocks.......
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There's no doubt that quartz is associated with a variety of prehistoric monuments and activities but out of context it's pretty meaningless .And even in context too much emphasis may be put on it's presence .
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