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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bwlch Gwyn 2Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: SO03151611
Latitude: 51.835173N Longitude: 3.407008W
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 in Powys
"Situated on the upper slopes of Bwlch Gwyn, the stone measures 0.4 m x 0.17 m x 0.05 m. It is situated 10 m to the southwest of trackway NPRN 278008 and 30 m to standing stone NPRN 278006. The stone is located on the parish boundary of Llanfrynach/Talybont-on-Usk, and may be associated with it. Located using a differential global positioning system to an accuracy of 0.5 m. James Bonsall, Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics, 18/APRIL/2004."
Source: Coflein
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