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

Submitted by Johnny on Monday, 04 October 2004  Page Views: 15170

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Battle (Powys)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.43 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Brecon  Nearest Village: Battle
Map Ref: SO0062730638  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.965307N  Longitude: 3.447805W
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.
 no data 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.
 2 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
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SumDoood visited on 17th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A fine standing stone. Notice how many (hill)forts there are nearby. I've found six all around.

NickyD visited - their rating: Amb: 4



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Battle Standing Stone
Battle Standing Stone submitted by Johnny : Battle Standing Stone, Powys (SO 006 306): On private farmland, the stone is marked on maps and is visible from the road near a disused railway bridge 0.8km south-west of Battle. The Battle stone is a particularly impressive Bronze Age monument: 100m to the south of a tumulus, a stony cairn supports this attractive standing stone which is 3.96m in height. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Powys

On private farmland, the stone is marked on maps and is visible from the road near a disused railway bridge 0.8km south-west of Battle. The Battle stone is a particularly impressive Bronze Age monument: 100m to the south of a tumulus, a stony cairn supports this attractive standing stone which is 3.96m in height.
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Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by SumDoood : Six or more hillforts surround this stone, three of which can be easily seen from the site. This shows the most obvious of them, Pen y Crug. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by postman : Another fish stone ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by Bladup : Battle standing stone (Powys). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by virtualuser : Standing Stone (Battle) (Powys) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by Energyman : First Gleam 7:32am 24th Sep 17. At the equinox the sun rises over the summit of Pen-y-crug, which is also a fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by Energyman : This was a bit of an experiment. A 25sec exposure at 1:25 am 24th Sep 17

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by Energyman : Aerial view pre-dawn on the 24th Sep 17

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by NickyD : image Battle stone Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by postman : A very good tall standing stone.

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by postman : Standing stone and the low cairn.

Battle (Powys)
Battle (Powys) submitted by Bladup : Battle standing stone (Powys).

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Re: Battle (Powys) by SumDoood on Monday, 20 March 2017
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I feel the location is particularly significant... Hm, if only I could explain why! BUT

1. The stone is near to the confluence of the Yscir (aka Ysgir) and the Wysg (aka the Usk), a major river of South Wales (rising not far from the source of the Tawe, another major river of South Wales).

2. This stone is almost surrounded by visible and nearby (hill)forts (and / or defended enclosures), including
i. Y Crug to the east,
ii. the fort at Coed Fenni Fach to the south east, and
iii. Y Gaer the the south west.

Since my visit I have noticed nearby, but probably not visible from the stone,
iv. Twyn y Gaer to the west and
v. a fort up the Yscir at Coren y Fan and
vi. another Twyn y Gaer 4.1mls to the north east.

Then it's small wonder perhaps that the Romans built their fort, Cicucium (aka Y Gaer), nearby.
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Re: Battle (Powys) by coldrum on Saturday, 02 July 2011
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Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/301141/details/BATTLE+STANDING+STONE/

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    Re: Battle (Powys) by Garn on Wednesday, 10 October 2012
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    On the images on the coflein page surely the picture with the figure next to it isn't this stone?

    I wondered if this could maybe be the fennifach stone which is really hard to get to atm? Going to try and photograph both stones as soon as I get a chance..
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