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<< Our Photo Pages >> Berrisbrook Standing Stones - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by geoffstickland on Monday, 18 October 2021  Page Views: 565

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Berrisbrook Standing Stones
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Llandovery  Nearest Village: Oorthyrhyd
Map Ref: SN71603761
Latitude: 52.022005N  Longitude: 3.872697W
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.
4 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.
4 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
5

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Berrisbrook Standing Stones
Berrisbrook Standing Stones submitted by geoffstickland : Stone A. Situated in a hedge line near the road at SN71603761. It is obscured by the vegetation of the hedge. Stone B is beside the road at SN161537675 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Berrisbrook Stone A (pictured top) is situated in field hedge, the stone is roughly 5' high by 3' wide and 18'' thick, tapering towards the top. Berrisbrook Stone B forms a gate post, part of a field gate beside the road near Porthyrhyd. It measures roughly 5' high by 18' wide and thick. On its larger side are signs of an indentation and a cup mark.

The stones form a stone pair.
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