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<< Our Photo Pages >> Soar Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Anglesey

Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 18 October 2015  Page Views: 13882

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Soar Stone Alternative Name: Capel Soar
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Holyhead  Nearest Village: Llanfaethlu
Map Ref: SH3192286327  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.347051N  Longitude: 4.526416W
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.
 3 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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cactus_chris visited on 20th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Can be seen from the roadside. No pavement to view, however, just a grass verge.

Alta-Falisa visited on 13th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 4 While Soar Stone deserves the same attention as any other menhir, its location along A.5025 isn't flattering.

DJMace visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3

guile hamish TimPrevett have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 4.5

Soar Stone
Soar Stone submitted by Alta-Falisa : Photo taken May 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Anglesey. I estimate it to be 10 feet tall, it is covered with lichen.

Access: Next to a church building just off the A5025 Valley to Cemaes road; clearly visible from the road. Parking a little way to the south in a layby. Near the Black Lion pub. Access by a gate.

Note: Anglesey dig unearths largest neolithic site in Wales, within around 0.7km of this standing stone. See the most recent comment on our page for more
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Soar Stone submitted by guile : Next door to a chapel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soar Stone submitted by hamish : This stone can quite easily be seen from the roadside, it's about 3mtr tall, maybe 1.75 mtrs wide and 75cms thick. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soar Stone submitted by enkidu41 : SH 323863 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soar Stone submitted by DJMace : Soar/Llanfaethlu Standing Stone (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soar Stone submitted by hamish : A view from the side. Don't attempt to climb the wall, note the rather unwelcome barbed wire. A nice view of the windmills.

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Soar Stone submitted by TimPrevett : 2nd Photo

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Soar Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Fadog Frech SH319864 Visited Tuesday 15th June 1999 Access: Next to a church building just off the A5025 Valley to Cemaes road; clearly visible from the road. Parking a little way to the south in a layby. Near Black Lion pub. Access by a gate. The stone: I estimated 10 feet tall, covered with lichen. (1 comment)

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Soar Stone submitted by cactus_chris : 20180620--Llanfaethlu Standing Stone, Anglesey

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Soar Stone submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Soar Stone submitted by DJMace : Soar/Llanfaethlu Standing Stone

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Soar Stone submitted by DJMace : Soar/Llanfaethlu standing stone.

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Soar Stone submitted by DJMace : Soar Stone beside the A5025 South-East of Llanfaethlu village in North West Ynys Mon/Anglesey. Also known as the Llanfaethlu Stone. Standing at just over 3m high, 1.7m wide at its base, tapering at the crown & approx 0.3m thick. Beautiful lichen covered stone.

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Soar Stone submitted by raythemapman : Close up of the wide face of the stone.

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Soar Stone submitted by raythemapman : The narrow face. 06-09-09.

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Soar Stone submitted by raythemapman : The wide face with Snowdonia in the background. 06-09-09.

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Soar Stone submitted by raythemapman : Taken about 250m to the south of the Stone.

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Wales’ earliest village? - Exploring a Neolithic neighbourhood at Llanfaethlu by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2019
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Wales’ earliest village? - Exploring a Neolithic neighbourhood at Llanfaethlu

Since 2014, archaeological work at Llanfaethlu, on the north coast of Anglesey, has been revealing the remains of the first early Neolithic multi-house settlement to be found in north Wales. Catherine Rees and Matthew Jones explain further.
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/wales-earliest-village.htm

Neolithic houses from Llanfaethlu, Anglesey
Past from the Prehistoric Society:
http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/files/PAST_81_for_web.pdf
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Anglesey dig unearths largest neolithic site in Wales by Andy B on Sunday, 18 October 2015
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The largest ever Neolithic discovery in Wales has been made by archaeologists investigating the site of a new school. More than 2,000 artefacts possibly dating back as much as 6,000 years have been discovered on the site at Llanfaethlu on Anglesey. [which is within 0.7km of this standing stone, see the on-page map)

The ruins of three buildings have also been uncovered by the CR Archeology team who have been on site since November 2014.

Archeologist Cat Rees said: “Until about 50 years ago all we knew about this period in North Wales came from the megalithic tombs and chance finds but this changed with the discovery at Llandegai, Bangor of a single house.

“To date less than five have been found in the whole of North Wales.

“This settlement (at Llanfaethlu) has the best preserved houses and is the only one which has more than one house.”

Speaking from the site Matt Jones said: “The number and quality of artefacts is unlike anything else in North Wales.

More in the Daily Post
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/anglesey-dig-unearths-largest-neolithic-10268654
with thanks to Eric Guile for the link
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    Re: Anglesey dig unearths largest neolithic site in Wales by davidmorgan on Sunday, 18 October 2015
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    This is in the field behind St Maethlu's church, Llanfaethlu, at grid ref SH31388713.
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    Re: Anglesey dig unearths largest neolithic site in Wales by Andy B on Monday, 23 November 2015
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    Matt Jones writes: Very excited to have our Neolithic site at Llanfaethlu, Anglesey making the front cover of the The Prehistoric Society publication PAST

    http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications/publication/past_81_november_2015/

    See also our short video: The Skeleton in the Wall / Y Sgerbwd yn y Wal
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    Early Neolithic houses found at site in Wales by Andy B on Thursday, 18 May 2017
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    Previous phases of work by CR Archaeology at Llanfaethlu uncovered three Early Neolithic (6000 year old) houses – two of which were almost twice the size of previous examples found in the area. A large Middle Neolithic (5500 years old) pit group containing highly decorated pottery was also excavated.
    Previous excavations at the Ysgol Rhyd y Llan site uncovered three Early Neolithic houses.

    Works have continued throughout 2015 – 2016 which have uncovered a fourth Early Neolithic house and extensive archaeological remains which extend the Prehistoric settlement at site into the Early Bronze age (4000 years old). Settlements of this type are unknown in the area and prior to the discoveries at Llanfaethlu only three single Neolithic buildings had been discovered in North Wales.

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/early-neolithic-houses-found-at-site-in-wales (Archive Link)
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