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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Stone of Goronwy Alternative Name: Llech Ronw, Llech Goronwy, Goronwy's Stone
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Holed Stone
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Map Ref: SH7156640579
Latitude: 52.947178N Longitude: 3.912928W
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**The Stone of Goronwy** submitted by baz : Llech Ronw. In the Mabinogion, this stone was held by Gronw Pebyr as a shield against the spear of Lleu Llaw Gyffes. The spear pierced the stone and killed Gronw. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holed Stone in Gwynedd

From Clas Merdin: Tales from the Enchanted Island:

"In 1934, Frank Ward discovered a stone in the bed of the river Cynfal, measuring some forty inches by thirty inches, with a hole straight through it, about an inch in diameter. The stone had apparently been washed downstream by this time from its earlier position in the Ceunant Coch, where a woman who had lived in a farmhouse called ‘Llech Ronw’ nearby, recalled having seen it. She added that a about 150 yards away was a fallen standing-stone which was believed to mark the site of the grave of Goronwy Pebyr (Bedd Goronwy). A later account confirmed the same story.

A few years ago it was claimed the rock was found again, not on the banks of the river Cynfael but on one of its tributaries. The rock is unusual; a man sized flat stone with a hole at about what would be heart-height.
The farm, on whose land the stone is found, is called "Bryn Saeth" (the hill of the arrow), a farm nearby is called Llech Goronwy (Goronwy's Stone), and, making a triangle with those two a third farm is called "Bryn Gyfergyd" (the hill of the blow).

The stone can still be seen today as shown in the pictures, however whether this is the original stone we will never know, apparently it was erected by the local Council a few years ago, and lies alongside the Afon Bryn Saeth, at SH714407, a tributary to the Afon Cynfal."

See also: http://clasmerdin.blogspot.co.uk/2009_02_01_archive.html
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