Featured: How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

Random Image


Store Ebberup Langdysse 1

Rocks & Rows, Sailing Routes across the Atlantic and the Copper Trade

Rocks & Rows, Sailing Routes across the Atlantic and the Copper Trade

Who's Online

There are currently, 290 guests and 1 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

More Choices

Contribute to our running costs
Webrings
News Feeds
Megalithic Mysteries
Our Online Shop

<< Our Photo Pages >> Great Oak Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys

Submitted by LAS on Friday, 27 August 2004  Page Views: 9136

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Great Oak Stone Alternative Name: Standard Street Stone
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.345 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Abergavenny  Nearest Village: Crickhowell
Map Ref: SO22181846
Latitude: 51.859277N  Longitude: 3.131417W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

radrad SumDoood emh504 Geojazz would like to visit

michmax visited on 21st Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The standing stone is hidden in amongst some trees in a private field. There are lovely views of Crickhowell and the valley from the stone.

coin visited on 25th Nov 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Penbron eyesopen have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by cerrig : This is the view from the South East, on a bearing of approx. 300 degrees North West, along the very flat and dead vertical "smiley"faced Northern flank. If someone hadn't thoughtfully planted a tree in the way you would be able to see that this stone is aligned on the top of Myarth hill (not the summit), beyond this the line goes to Bwllch standing stone, out of site from here. Spookily, if you f... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Powys. The Great Oak is in a field at the bottom of a slight incline. This solid stone of about 8 ft. high, stands within a small copse overlooking the valley. Possibly once part of a chambered tomb at this location.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by cerrig : From North. If you look you can see a big smiley face. The stone was laughing at me because I'd walked backwards into a pile of stingies to get this view. Strange sense of humour these Crickhowell stones have. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by virtualuser : The Great Oak Stone, situated in a field in Crickhowell Powys. Coflein the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) states their was once an inscription on the stone "1844", It is thought to have served as a boundary mark also believed to signal the site of a chambered tomb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by Energyman : Sunset on June 3rd (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by cerrig : From the west. The slab-like nature of the stone is evident here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by Penbron : Maen Deri Mawr aka The Great Oak Stone, Crughywel

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by michmax : The Great Oak standing stone at Crickhowell

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by cerrig : From the south-west. Right in the centre of the stone is another face, a small one this time. This is a very nosey two faced stone, but it feels quite friendly and welcoming here.

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by LAS : The Great Oak looking over Crickhowell

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by DMDC : Visited this happy stone today. Very nice, but it was difficult to get into the field - walked up to and through Coed Cefn woodland to see if there was access into the field from there but no. Ended up climbing up the bank from Great Oak road. Nice iron age hillfort in the woodland too!

Great Oak Stone
Great Oak Stone submitted by michmax : close up of the Great Oak standing stone

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 634m ENE 76° Llangenny Camp* Hillfort (SO228186)
 1.2km SW 230° Garn Coch (Powys)* Chambered Tomb (SO2123617708)
 1.2km WSW 240° Llangattock Cross* Ancient Cross (SO2110017870)
 1.3km NW 304° Gwernvale* Chambered Tomb (SO2111119217)
 1.6km ENE 76° Coed Ynys Faen* Standing Stones (SO237188)
 1.6km W 274° Llan-Wysg Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO2060318584)
 1.9km ESE 109° Golden Grove* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO2396217829)
 1.9km SE 146° Cwrt-y-Gollen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO2324116860)
 2.3km N 10° Crug Hywel* Hillfort (SO226207)
 2.6km W 268° Ffawyddog Gaer Hillfort (SO196184)
 3.2km NNW 329° Craig Llwyn* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO206212)
 3.2km S 173° Gaer Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SO225153)
 3.6km SSW 207° Ogof Darren Cilau Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SO20511530)
 3.7km SW 231° Coed Pentwyn* Hillfort (SO193162)
 3.9km N 352° Pen Cerrig-calch* Cairn (SO21702236)
 4.0km SW 225° Eglwys Faen Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SO19261566)
 4.1km SW 221° Cairn south of Eglwys Faen* Cairn (SO1948415430)
 4.1km WNW 289° Penmyarth* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO18291986)
 4.4km SSW 205° Mynydd Pen-Cyrn Stone Circle* Stone Circle (SO2029214494)
 4.4km SSW 205° Mynydd Pen-cyrn Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SO20281449)
 4.5km S 190° Llanelly Round Barrow(s) (SO213140)
 5.1km NNW 337° Pen Gloch Y Pibwr* Cairn (SO2020123205)
 5.2km S 178° Craig y Gaer* Hillfort (SO223133)
 5.3km WNW 294° Myarth Camp Hillfort (SO174207)
 5.4km NW 309° Tretower* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO180219)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< West Lanyon Quoit

Lletty'r Filiast >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Great Oak Stone" | Login/Create an Account | 1 comment
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Great Oak Stone by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 26 January 2022
(User Info | Send a Message)
See on streetview
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.