<< Text Pages >> Cae Carreg Lwyd - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Denbighshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cae Carreg LwydCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.169 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Denbighshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Froncysyllte
Map Ref: SJ270405
Latitude: 52.956884N Longitude: 3.088111W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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seveaye couldn't find on 14th Jul 2011 I tramped around the coordinates for a good hour to no avail.
There is however evidence of a dyke running through the field.
The creek running by the the field had one large stone by itself, which looked like it may have fallen in from the field. But on the opposite side from where the coordinates are given.
photos of dyke and stone to follow.
Seve.
The above information from The Ancient Stones of Wales by Chris Barber and John Godfrey Williams, ISBN 0951044478 although when that was written it seems it was still there.
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