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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tir-BachCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Pwllheli Nearest Village: Y Ffor
Map Ref: SH4012140161
Latitude: 52.934972N Longitude: 4.38032W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Gwynedd
This standing stone is on private land, it is in the grounds of Tir-Bach house; there are dogs. I asked for permission and it was readily given. The stone has one flat side and it is heavily graffitied.
On my visit the landowner said three boffins from CADW came a few days ago, they said they found some ancient rock art on it, (see pic) and the stone was in upside down and had been for millennia, how they knew this I don't know, surely the ancients knew which way was up.
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