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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mynydd Y Gelli Alternative Name: Rhondda StonehengeCountry: Wales County: Mid Glamorgan Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Tonypandy Nearest Village: Gelli
Map Ref: SS975942 Landranger Map Number: 170
Latitude: 51.637235N Longitude: 3.482518W
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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Stone Circle in Mid Glamorgan (Rhondda Cynon Taff)
(This site is just behind where I live so I've been there a few times). The site is basically a field full of stones with the remnants of modern shepherd's huts field clearance piles mixed in with the remnants of bronze age cairns. It also has the dubious honour of being right next to a landfill site filled with toxic waste.
Sometimes called the ‘Welsh Stonehenge’, according to Burl, Mynydd Y Gelli is a well-preserved embanked stone circle, which may once have had 15 stones. A possible outlier lies to the south.
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