<< Our Photo Pages >> Maen Llia - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys
Submitted by Johnny on Friday, 23 June 2023 Page Views: 34030
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maen Llia Alternative Name: Llia’s StoneCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Ystradfellte
Map Ref: SN9241719186 Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.860852N Longitude: 3.563677W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
virtualuser SolarMegalith Modern-Neolithic michmax would like to visit
bishop_pam visited on 11th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
emh504 visited on 18th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Impressively large stone clearly visible from the road with a fantastic mountain backdrop
Brian_Eyes visited on 28th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 3rd Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Beautiful day out doing the 4 waterfalls walk to the south of Ystradfellte. After dinner at the New Inn, popped up to visit Maen Llia where we amazingly meet Cerrig, out doing some surveying, but the sun is hidden from him. He takes great pride in showing us some amazing features of Maen Llia, such as the flattened platform with a stone where a shadow would fall, and the place where the stones shadow (or toungue) would reach on solstice sunset. Brilliant!
Peaty10 visited on 7th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Short walk across a field but had to step over barbed wire using wooden steps first.
bat400 visited on 1st Aug 1985 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SumDoood visited on 1st Jan 1967 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Impressive.
Twistytwirly visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Andy B visited #1 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Andy B cerrig hamish sem have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.13 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4
See the comments and images below for investigations of solstice shadow effects at Maen Llia
Finding new features and angles of well known sites. There are upwards of seven stones in the recently discovered stone row which is roughly aligned on the Northern face of Maen Llia.
Note: Cerrig writes: The day after the solstice. I thought I'd have it all to myself, but I got to share the stone with these delightful ladies instead. Gong and drums, and an odd outline around the stone too. A nice gentle energy.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
These are just the first 25 photos of Maen Llia. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.
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 mapKey: 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
74m SSE 152° Rhyd Uchaf Stone Alignment* Stone Row / Alignment (SN92451912)
112m SSW 198° Llech Llia Recumbent Monolith* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SN92381908)
246m SSW 202° Llech Llia multi banked henge* Henge (SN92321896)
317m SE 134° Rhyd Uchaf cairn* Cairn (SN92641896)
359m SW 216° Maen Llia Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SN922189)
625m WSW 244° Fan Nedd Cairn* Cairn (SN9184618927)
842m SE 138° Fan Llia Round Cairn (2)* Cairn (SN92971855)
1.1km WSW 250° Fan Nedd stone pillar* Cairn (SN91341883)
1.5km SE 131° Fan Llia Summit Cairn* Cairn (SN9353218168)
3.5km S 189° Maen Madoc* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN91821577)
3.8km NW 326° Nant Cnewr-Fawr Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN9034122432)
3.9km NE 49° Craig Cwn Ddu cairns* Cairn (SN95452170)
4.0km NNW 327° Nant Cnewr-Fawr Cairn* Cairn (SN9030022608)
4.8km SE 143° Pen Fathor Uchaf* Cairn (SN95211528)
4.8km SSW 200° Blaen-Nedd Isaf Ring Cairn (SN907147)
4.9km SE 128° Bedd Llywarch* Standing Stones (SN96251604)
5.2km S 186° Gelli-Nedd* Hillfort (SN91741400)
5.3km WSW 246° Pwll Byfre Hut Circle 1 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN87501711)
5.4km WSW 246° Pwll Byfre Hut Circle 2 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN87471711)
5.5km NE 54° Rock art near Craig Cerrig Gleisiad* Rock Art (SN9697822316)
5.7km WSW 239° The Nipple* Cairn (SN87441635)
5.8km ENE 58° Blaenglyn* Cairn (SN974221)
5.9km SW 232° Carreg Cadno* Stone Row / Alignment (SN87671569)
6.4km WNW 282° Waun Leuci summit cairns* Cairn (SN8618320639)
6.6km S 189° Dyffryn Nedd Hillfort (SN913127)
View more nearby sites and additional images