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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pedwar Maen Alternative Name: Four Stones; Bryn-y-MaenCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: New Radnor
Map Ref: SO156568 Landranger Map Number: 148
Latitude: 52.202941N Longitude: 3.236413W
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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SandyG visited on 21st Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SO 14667 57391. From here walk north east along the road verge to SO 14759 57445. Carefully cross the road and walk up the farm road which takes you straight to the row.
These four stones which are located close to the Four Stones stone circle may possibly a stone row. It has been mistaken as a four poster stone circle.
Update October 2019: This stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Bryn-y-Maen, which includes a description, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, a plan of the row with its associated cairn rom a recent survey in August 2019, access information, and links to other online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded as Coflein NPRN 24592 (Four Stones, Pillow Mound; Bryn-y-Maen, Stone Alignment).
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