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Date UncertainSite Name: Cilgerran stoneCountry: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cardigan Nearest Village: Cilgerran
Map Ref: SN1945942671
Latitude: 52.052936N Longitude: 4.634523W
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Standing stone at Cilgerran football club, once fallen but now re-erected in May 2022. Woodsman writes: On our local football pitch there was a large stone laying down, with a hole drilled in it, presumably where it was used for a gatepost. The OS map from 1890 shows two standing stones in the field, both missing now and since 1920. A corner chipped off the stone when moved by a digger shows an interesting granite like structure possibly dolerite. The local stone is slate, and we are close to the Preselis, source of the bluestones at stone henge.
Theory: this stone is one of the original standing stones from this site repurposed as a gatepost about a hundred years ago. Lining up the old map on a modern aerial image has given a rough location.
Information from Woodsman, more in our forum.
Note: 22 May 2022 was the culmination of a few months of dialogue and thinking, to make a dream real. A wonderful demonstration of the power of community pulling together to make the immovable object float and slot into position.
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