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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pont Ddu - Stone Row / Alignment in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 30 September 2002  Page Views: 6261

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pont Ddu
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Stone Row / Alignment

Map Ref: SN30791484  Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.806522N  Longitude: 4.455743W
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
 3 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.
 3 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
 5

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Pont Ddu
Pont Ddu submitted by uforichead : Standing Stone - Pont ddu (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is an uncertain site according to Burl. Three standing stones, all around 2m high stand close to the Afon Cywyn river at GR: SN314139, SN312141 and SN308148.
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Pont Ddu
Pont Ddu submitted by uforichead : Standing stone - Pont Ddu from a distance! Look for Maen Llwyd just north of pont ddu and just west of the river cywyn if using an OS map! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pont Ddu
Pont Ddu submitted by uforichead : Only the one stone at this grid reference! the other stones mentioned above are part of the gors llangynog site i think acording to their grid references and from a bit of a mish about the area! At pont ddu (bridge) head on the left hand side of the river. 2 your left is a irrigation ditch jump this and stone is in north corner of the field! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN3114 : Tal-y-bont farm taken near Pont-ddu by Peter Shaw
by Peter Shaw
©2008(licence)
SN3014 : The road to St.Clears west of Pont-ddu by Peter Shaw
by Peter Shaw
©2008(licence)
SN3014 : Lower court by Peter Shaw
by Peter Shaw
©2008(licence)
SN3114 : Capel Cywyn by Peter Shaw
by Peter Shaw
©2008(licence)
SN3014 : River Cywyn from Pont-ddu by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2009(licence)

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 934m SSE 152° Gors Llangynog* Standing Stones (SN312140)
 1.1km SE 141° Meini Llwydion, Llangynog* Standing Stones (SN3145513969)
 3.3km NE 55° Bryn Cywyn* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN33551660)
 3.3km ENE 64° Twlc y Filiast* Chambered Tomb (SN33811618)
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 4.4km SSW 213° Llandawke Inscribed Stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN2827111214)
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 6.4km SE 135° Llansteffan Castle* Hillfort (SN352102)
 6.6km WSW 250° Castell Pen-Y-Coed Hillfort (SN24531278)
 6.9km E 84° Meini Llwydion* Chambered Tomb (SN37721534)
 7.0km WNW 303° Withybush Timber Circle (SN250188)
 7.2km E 79° Myrddin's Quoits* Chambered Tomb (SN37911598)
 7.5km E 91° Maenau Llwydion, Llangain* Standing Stones (SN38311450)
 7.9km E 88° Quoit Stone, Parc-y-maen llwyd* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN38691485)
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Re: Pont Ddu by sem on Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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Coflein OS Grid Ref SN30791484.
Coflein -"Standing Stone which is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM: CM146). The stone is named as Maen Llwyd on the Ordnance Survey mapping and stands 275m to the east of Lower Court farm."
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