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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maen Hir Farm 4 Alternative Name: Maen Hir CilmaenllwydCountry: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Newport Nearest Village: Efailwen
Map Ref: SN15452589
Latitude: 51.900908N Longitude: 4.683895W
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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Within the circuit of the Glandy Cross Complex, this field in which this stone is located is known to the owner as the 'Stone field'. The farm itself is actually called Maen Hir (Maen=stone, Hir = long/tall), the name from which the term menhir no doubt originates. It is close to the Maen Hir Farm Stones 1-3 entered on the Portal by Vicki.
The current farmer was happy for me to go to the stone itself, as there were no crops or stock at the time - but permission really would be needed as access is through a working farmyard.
There are clear signs of the stone having been used as a gatepost, which (in its position in the middle of a large, well-established field!) lends weight to the farmer's comment that he understood it might have been moved to its current location 'comparatively' recently.
The current OS maps give its present position accurately and precisely, so more research will be needed to establish just how ancient it really is in its present location. This uncertainty is reflected in the RACHM entry (NPRN304266) - "This 5' high standing stone is claimed as the capstone of a dispearsed (sic) cromlech, however the name 'Maen Hir' would seem to contradict this".
It looks wonderful though!!
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