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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pant Afon Bach MaenhirCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.465 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Llanrug Nearest Village: Ceunant
Map Ref: SH52366236
Latitude: 53.137881N Longitude: 4.208537W
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 |
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-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 |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Gwynedd
Situated on high ground within a pastoral field to the west of Pant Afon Bach the maenhir (long stone, taken from the modern Cymraeg/Welsh & Breton) is visible from the narrow road that passes to the east of the field as it heads towards Llanrug. This is a tall narrow stone that tapers from the base to about 2m in height. It is weather beaten and appears to have been worked, with little lichen (fungi) present. I did not notice any rock art but there are pack stones visible at the base. I sought permission prior to my visit.
There are several maenhir of similar proportions in close proximity that heighten the significance of this stone.
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