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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Capel Tan-Y-Foel
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Rhiw
Map Ref: SH22612767
Latitude: 52.817303N Longitude: 4.633774W
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bishop_pam visited on 7th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4

PhilipBurton visited on 1st Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This 7ft high column of basalt stands on the parish boundary between Rhiw and Llanfaelrhys and is considered to be one of a pair of stones, the second of which can be seen lying in the bank below to the North. Sometimes called Lladron Maelrhys – Maelrhys’s Thieves – tradition says that the rogues stole money from the church and were turned to stone when they crossed the parish boundary. (Margaret Griffiths in Transactions of Caernarvon Hist. Soc. 1983). Locals will still tell you that the stones should be spoken to as you pass them.

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4

**Capel Tan-Y-Foel** submitted by PhilipBurton : Capel Tan-Y-Foel, Sept 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

This 7ft high column of basalt stands on the parish boundary between Rhiw and Llanfaelrhys and is considered to be one of a pair of stones, the second of which can be seen lying in the bank below to the North.

Sometimes called Lladron Maelrhys – Maelrhys’s Thieves – tradition says that the rogues stole money from the church and were turned to stone when they crossed the parish boundary. (Margaret Griffiths in Transactions of Caernarvon Hist. Soc. 1983). Locals will still tell you that the stones should be spoken to as you pass them.

Coflein says: "Standing stone upright in a field wall, a basalt monolith, 2.1m high and 0.45m in width."
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SH2227 : Houses on the bridle track leading to Graig Ddu by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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SH2227 : Best Kept Village sign, Rhiw by David Hillas — by David Hillas
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SH2227 : View back to Rhiw on the Abersoch road by Eirian Evans — by Eirian Evans
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SH2227 : Approaching the Four Crosses crossroads from the south by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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