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Submitted by SteCymru14 on Monday, 25 February 2019 Page Views: 8502
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carreg-y-LlechCountry: Wales County: Flintshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: SJ24875835
Latitude: 53.117015N Longitude: 3.123977W
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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SteCymru14 visited on 1st Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 I had, for some reason, been reluctant to even visit the site as I’d heard the stone was no longer in situ and, even though I was brought up in the village next door, I had never gone to check it out.
While in the village promoting my upcoming free Welsh lessons I thought I’d pop and take a look and was pleasantly surprised to see the stone in a small field at the top of the village.
Impressive standing stone - almost as wide as it is tall - imposing itself on its surroundings. The style gave easy access from the road but it was easily seen from my car.
The name translates as ‘the stone [of the] slab’ but ‘llech’ can also suggest ‘slate’ - probably from Greek origins > ‘-lith’ etc.
Werth ymweld â hon.
A standing stone of sandstone, 1.8 Meters high by 1.9 meters by 0.4 Meters.
RCAHMW site record: Coflein NPRN 307085.
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