<< Our Photo Pages >> Meyllteyrn - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Gwynedd
Submitted by pab on Sunday, 07 October 2007 Page Views: 6781
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: MeyllteyrnCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Botwnnog Nearest Village: Sarn Meyllteyrn
Map Ref: SH23713283
Latitude: 52.864001N Longitude: 4.620259W
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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Catrinm visited on 22nd Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Nice stone
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.8 Access: 5
This was an absolute delight to come across! When looking for interesting places to visit while on the Lleyn Peninsula this week, I came across some suggestions on this site - for which many thanks, Graham and Angela (link to their site below *) !
This is a very impressive menhir, noted on the COFLEIN site to be 2.44m high, but looking taller against the much shorter tombstones. Two things make it special - firstly the overall seeting with the most amazing views of the high ground on the peninsula, and secondly its setting in the graveyard of a demolished church.
I have not yet had an opportunity to look into the history of the church in whose grounds it stood, but this stone must surely have pre-dated as well as having survived the Christian use of this very atmospheric place?
* By way of thanks, here is a link to the site I came across this item.
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