<< Our Photo Pages >> Cerrig Duon stone circle - Stone Circle in Wales in Powys

Submitted by sem on Friday, 24 February 2017  Page Views: 23987

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cerrig Duon stone circle
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brecks  Nearest Village: Llandeilo
Map Ref: SN85122061  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.872194N  Longitude: 3.670067W
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
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

solsticelight MicheleW would like to visit

mrdre visited on 23rd Jul 2021 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 3

trystan_hughes saw from a distance on 31st May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

SandyG visited on 26th Dec 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Mar 1998 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

cerrig h_fenton PAB AngieLake sem NickyD have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3.25

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Bladup : Cerrig Duon Stone Circle with Maen Mawr just behind. This Original Artwork in a glass frame is £39.99 + Postage (Just whatever it costs), and is 12 and a half cm by 18 cm. A limited (to a 100) edition print in a 8" x10" glass frame would be £19.99 + £2.90 postage, E-mail me at [email protected] if interested. (Vote or comment on this photo)
At the Cerrig Duon site, Maen Mawr (Big Stone) stands in the upper reaches of the Tawe Valley 10km south of Trecastle, Powys. The circle and has other megaliths and avenues associated with it.

Update October 2019: This complex of monuments, which includes this stone circle, the Cerrig Duon stone alignment and the Maen Mawr standing stone (each of which has a separate site page here - see 'nearby sites' below) is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Carrig Duon, which includes a description, photographs, a simplified plan of the stone row and its associated stone circle (this site) and the Maen Mawr standing stone, access information and links to other online resources for more information.

The stone circle is also scheduled as part of CADW BR071 (Cerrig Duon Stone Circle) which adds: "The monuments are located on a plateau above a waterfall on the River Tawe". This site is also recorded as Coflein NPRN 95 (Cerrig Duon Ritual Complex).

Also refer to the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for the nearby Maen Mawr stone row, which includes a plan of this prehistoric landcape and how the monuments relate.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : Winter Solstice ( nearly, 22nd dec ) Looking South. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : There is an alignment to the Sunset here. You have to lie on your belly by one of the stones in the circle, but it is there. ( I've got a theory that the Welsh circle builder's were very short , and this proves it ) (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : The huge bulk of the Maen Mawr stone makes it impossible to see any of the stones immediately behind it in the Cerrig Duon circle. However, using an elevated camera as here (approx height 8m), we can see everything and determine if there are any alignments between the stone circle and other stones. The two low stones nearest the camera align on the huge Maen Mawr stone to form a 'three-stone row' ... (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : Looking directly South, just after midday, the Sun has passed it's zenith, and the shadow from Maen Mawr has moved off the smaller middle stone into it's afternoon phase. November 7th. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : View looking south. The alignment of the 'three-stone row' is just east of north, and while it is aligned down the Tawe valley, this alignment does not accurately bisect the Cerrig Duon stone circle just 9m to the south. (1 comment)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking SSW at the 'three-stone row' that incorporates the 2m high Maen Mawr standing stone, and the Cerrig Duon stone circle 9m behind it.

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking NE, this high angle view over the Cerrig Duon stone circle shows the relationship with the Maen Mawr standing stone 9m beyond. (1 comment)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking NE toward the head of the Tawe Valley, across the Cerrig Duon stone circle with the Maen Mawr standing stone just beyond it. (2 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : Looking South. (2 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : A high angle overview of the Cerrig Duon stone circle & Maen Mawr standing stone with the two low stones aligned to the NNE. This view is looking SW. (2 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Seen in context with the surrounding landscape, the Cerrig Duon stone circle (arrowed) and Maen Mawr standing stone (just visible immediately left of the circle) sit in the centre of the Tawe Valley surrounded on three sides by high ground. This view is looking SW toward the peak of Fan Gyhirych.

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by sem : At the Cerrig Duon site, Maen Mawr (Big Stone) stands in the upper reaches of the Tawe Valley 10km south of Trecastle (grid ref SN851206).It lies metres from Cerrig Duon circle and has other megaliths and avenues associated with it. (1 comment)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : A better view of the shadows of Maen Mawr and it's much smaller companion. This is taken at local noon on November 7th 2011, a beautiful sunny day. This day, and again at the beginning of February, the shadow from Maen Mawr touches the taller of the two small stones, and the shadow from this stone in turn touches the final small stone. These are only times of the year that these two shado... (6 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking south along the Tawe river, the arrow indicates the flat plateau in the centre of the valley where the Cerrig Duon stone circle & Maen Mawr standing stone were erected.

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : This stone in the N/W corner of the circle points to the Winter solstice sunset position.

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : These stones are about 100 meters N/W from Cerrig Duon stone circle and Maen Mawr standing stone, seen beyond . It may be fortuitous, but these stones are aligned N/S and E/W?

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : Maen Mawr and it's two outliers . These type of stone row, with a large slab and the much smaller companion/s can be found in several places in the Brecon Beacons, not so common elsewhere. The thinking behind them is a mystery now, but these ones at least may be showing some clue to their use here. It is a little after midday on November 7th, and the shadow from Maen Mawr has just passed o... (1 comment)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : Winter Solstice midday shadow. I had wondered whether the small stones in line with Maen Mawr were some kind of a shadow marker. This shows that the longest midday shadow of the year goes beyond the stones. It would probably be about February time before it matched. So maybe not a shadow marker, unless it's for a x-quarter date. (9 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking SW at the huge block of Maen Mawr and the Cerrig Duon stone circle behind it. The two small stones that together with Maen Mawr form a 'three-stone row' are nearest the camera. (1 comment)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by Thingy : Looking SW from the Tawe river, the Cerrig Duon stone circle & Maen Mawr standing stone (arrowed) sit on a flattened plateau on the western slope of the valley.

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by AngieLake : The position of the largest stone in Cerrig Duon, now fallen, in relation to Maen Mawr. It stood in the NE arc of the circle, and most of the ritual movement in my dowse at the end of July 2005 was found in front of it. The view up the valley is to the NW, along the pathway of a zig-zag processional way, also picked up by dowsing. Its limit was at a tiny black dot on the edge of the lighter hil...

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by AngieLake : Three small stones of Cerrig Duon circle in its S to SW arc, with the little pond reflecting the sky. This circle sits on the southern edge of a level platform in the centre of the Afon Tawe valley. Maen Mawr is a few metres north of it. (4 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by AngieLake : Cerrig Duon circle, whose small stones border the edge of the southern semi-circular end of a platform in the Afon Tawe valley, a few metres to the south of Maen Mawr (nearest camera). To the right of pic is one of the larger stones in the WNW arc. (2 comments)

Cerrig Duon stone circle
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by cerrig : I came across this stone pair yesterday. I don't know if it's a genuine monument or just nature playing tricks, but it does look very suspicious to me.

These are just the first 25 photos of Cerrig Duon stone circle. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.

Stone Pages (QuickTime VR) by Arosio and Meozzi


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 30m N 359° Maen Mawr* Stone Row / Alignment (SN85122064)
 44m NE 43° Cerrig Duon Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SN8515120642)
 114m NW 313° Cerrig Duon Compass stones* Standing Stones (SN8503820690)
 181m S 172° Nant-y-Llyn (Powys)* Cairn (SN85142043)
 590m N 359° Waun Leuci Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN8512021200)
 921m N 1° Tawe valley Triangle* Standing Stones (SN8516421530)
 952m NNE 20° Waen Llechi* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN85462150)
 953m N 3° Maen Leuci stone setting* Standing Stones (SN85202156)
 1.1km E 87° Waun Leuci summit cairns* Cairn (SN8618320639)
 1.8km NNE 13° Bwllch Cerrig Duon Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SN85552235)
 1.8km NNW 339° Moel Feity cairn* Cairn (SN8450722336)
 2.1km N 10° Bwlch Cerrig Duon Cist west* Cist (SN8553122708)
 2.2km NNE 14° Bwlch Cerrig Duon Cist east* Cairn (SN85682272)
 2.5km WNW 297° Llyn y Fan Fawr* Standing Stones (SN82882180)
 2.8km WNW 293° Fan Brycheiniog* Cairn (SN82532179)
 3.0km WNW 297° Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn* Cairn (SN82432206)
 3.4km WNW 299° Fan Foel Cairns* Round Cairn (SN8214722341)
 3.8km NW 310° Rhyd Wen Fach* Stone Circle (SN82232312)
 3.8km SW 228° Waun Fignen Felen Ancient Village or Settlement (SN82201810)
 4.1km WNW 286° Picws Du* Cairn (SN81172185)
 4.1km SSW 205° Twyn Ddu* Cairn (SN833169)
 4.2km SE 145° Pwll Byfre Hut Circle 2 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN87471711)
 4.2km SE 145° Pwll Byfre Hut Circle 1 Ancient Village or Settlement (SN87501711)
 4.6km WSW 241° Pwll-y-Cig Cairn* Cairn (SN8105818446)
 4.7km SSW 195° Dan-yr-Ogof* Cave or Rock Shelter (SN838161)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Ad Mercuri

Fartle Barrow >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Seahenge

Seahenge

Web Links for Cerrig Duon stone circle

Stone Pages (QuickTime VR) by Arosio and Meozzi

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Cerrig Duon stone circle" | Login/Create an Account | 7 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Cerrig Duon by sem on Wednesday, 31 May 2017
(User Info | Send a Message)
OS grid ref (Archwilio) SN8511420609 [thank you - updated. admin]
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig Duon by cerrig on Saturday, 13 March 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
On this page, which is the page for Cerrig Duon stone circle, are photo's of 3 different sites, all in the same area, separated by about 1.8 klm's. While I believe they are all linked in some way, I think it should be noted that they are different.
On this list is;
Cerrig Duon stone circle. ( most southerly)
Bwllch y Cerrig Duon Barrow( 1.5 klm's North)
Bwllch y Cerrig Duon Cist(1.8 klm's North)
The Barrow and Cist have their own pages too.
The name "Cerrig Duon" means" Black stones". While it is tempting to think that the best known of the monuments, ie the circle, is the owner of this name, it is more likely to come from the area around the Barrow. This is strewn with large Black comglomerate stones, hence the name "Bwllch y Cerrig Duon", or " Pass of the Black stones". Thanks go to Sem for pointing that one out.
[ Reply to This ]
    Re: Cerrig Duon by TheCaptain on Thursday, 25 March 2010
    (User Info | Send a Message)
    hopefully now sorted - but ley us know if some of the pictures need their home site revised.
    [ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig Duon by cerrig on Saturday, 13 March 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
street view



View Larger Map
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig Duon by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 October 2001
The site you've listed as Cerrig Duon stone circle at SN851206 is that in fact the Maen Mawr stone and stone circles on the bank of River Tawe ?
The grid ref. match with this site but I've never known it under the name Cerrig Duon.

Best Wishes

Joann Hanmer
[ Reply to This ]
    Re: Cerrig Duon? by hareslade on Friday, 19 March 2004
    (User Info | Send a Message)
    Yes I think it has two names, I know it as Cerrig Duon, head past Dan Yr Ogof (spelling!) caves going north, turn off left a few miles further on, head up a rising narrow lane for a few miles up into the valley. Circle is on your left about half a mile up the lane from the cattle grid, on grass land. My favourite local circle but don't visit weekends in high summer, the access road gets full of cars and people. You can only see the big stone from the road, on top of a hill across the stream, but there is a ring of stones there. Take your wellies.
    [ Reply to This ]

Re: Cerrig Duon by riotgibbon on Friday, 02 March 2001
(User Info | Send a Message)
what a gorgeous place. it's a bit tricky to get to -- you have to get across a fast moving stream, but once you're over, it's a gentle ramble up a slope, and suddenly you're there ... middle of nowhere, with the valley spread out beneath you

breathtaking

RG
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.