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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bridgend Recreation Centre - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by Sem on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 13091

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bridgend Recreation Centre
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.552 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bridgend
Map Ref: SS90217951  Landranger Map Number: 170
Latitude: 51.503825N  Longitude: 3.583221W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
5 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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tribulation visited on 20th Jan 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The stone is outside the entrance to the Bowls Club. It looks as if it was once deeply incised on back and front, stands about 150cm tall and has presence when you look at it, though I never noticed it before. Went into the Local History Library (quarter of a mile away in the Registry Office down Sunnyside) and read the excavation report, as promised on the plaque beside the stone, which has diagrams of the pit and describes a partial skeleton cremation burial which was underneath. The stone is made of Millstone grit and the grooves are written off as weathering because they don't appear below the exposed surface, though in my opinion, there is little reason to suppose it was not carved after erection.

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Bridgend Recreation Centre
Bridgend Recreation Centre submitted by sem : This stone stands outside Bridgend Recreation Centre. It was moved from it's original position some yards away for building work. Unfortunately some recent damage has been done to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This stone stands outside Bridgend Recreation Centre. It was moved from it's original position some yards away for building work.

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Bridgend Recreation Centre submitted by Bladup : Bridgend standing stone. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bridgend Recreation Centre
Bridgend Recreation Centre submitted by Bladup : Site in West Glamorgan Wales (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bridgend Recreation Centre submitted by Bladup : The sign at Bridgend standing stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Street View by sem on Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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Coflein OS Grid Ref SS90217951.
Coflein "1. Cup marked standing stone. Scheduled Ancient Monument
2. An erect monolith, c.1.5m high originally, by 0.9m by 0.5m, leaning rather to the NW.
Excavation, 1964, revealed packing stones in a stone-holed disturbed by allotment gardening, with a cremation deposit at its base."
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