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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maen Twrog Alternative Name: St Twrog's Stone; MaentwrogCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Maentwrog
Map Ref: SH66404060
Latitude: 52.946104N Longitude: 3.989773W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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This ancient stone is of particular interest due to the legend that it was thrown from a nearby mountainside by the giant St Twrog, smashing a "Pagan altar" which stood on the site now occupied by the church, upon its landing.
The Saint's thumb and finger marks are still detectable on the stone!
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