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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bodewryd - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Anglesey

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 06 November 2004  Page Views: 11050

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bodewryd Alternative Name: Maen Pres; The Smooth Stone,Carreg Lefn
Country: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Amlwch  Nearest Village: Bodewryd
Map Ref: SH406902  Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.384521N  Longitude: 4.398133W
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.
 no data 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.
 no data 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
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Bodewryd submitted by stu : Tall Stone also known as Maen Pres, 'The Smooth stone. 406902 landranger sheet 114 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing stone in Anglesey

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : Carreglefn - the smooth stone, and also as Maen Pres - the brass stone. A legend says that if you cut into the ground around its shadow at a certain time of the day then you will discover treasure buried in a brass container. It is also said that if you can first find, and then read a supposed inscription on the stone, then this enormous stone will move aside to reveal the treasure. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : the bodewrydd stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : so suggestive of movement, this stone seems ready to run (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : i guess this is a local stone, for local sheeple. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bodewryd submitted by paulcall : Side view from the west. A very impressive, easy to find standing stone.

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Bodewryd submitted by Postman : Tall,dark and mossy

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Bodewryd submitted by Postman : I love the organic nature to this stone

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Bodewryd submitted by Postman : One of the tallest stone on Angelsey

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Bodewryd submitted by Postman : Big stone, wandering mists.

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : approaching the stone, its truly a massive specimen!

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Bodewryd submitted by guile : The view from the road, a single track, but there is room to park on the verge.

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Bodewryd submitted by raythemapman : Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Wales: Today the area around this 12foot Standing Stone is modern pasture and managed woodland. This modern scenery does not complement the Stone.I decided to look for unspoilt meadow and woodland, I then added the Stone to this new background, I think this is an improvement, and gives an idea of the original location.

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Bodewryd submitted by raythemapman : A wide angle shot with a woodland background.

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Bodewryd submitted by raythemapman : Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Wales: This Photo was taken from the entrance to the field on a fine Autumn day. October 2008

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Bodewryd submitted by TimPrevett : Myself with the huge menhir. I love stones like this. Surely nearly as big as the tallest stone at Bryn Gwyn? (4 comments)

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Bodewryd submitted by TimPrevett : The stone as seen from the rocky outcrop to the northwest.

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Bodewryd submitted by TimPrevett : The Megalithic Meets group with the stone.

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Bodewryd submitted by TimPrevett : The awesome, wondrous stone of Bodewryd. Quite a trek down single track lanes, but so, so worthwhile.

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Re: Bodewryd by sem on Friday, 02 June 2017
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OS grid ref (Coflein) SH4062490219 Can't find any access information but enough people seem to have visited it.
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Re: Bodewryd by coldrum on Friday, 02 April 2010
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Re: Bodewryd by coldrum on Saturday, 09 January 2010
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Coflein site entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302467/details/STANDING+STONE+SOUTH-EAST+OF+BODEWRYD/
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Re: Bodewryd by Anonymous on Thursday, 05 July 2007
Yes i have visited this site hundreds of times.I grew up on a farm that borders this site called Pyllau.Thank you for posting these photographs,they bring back wonderful childhood memories.
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Re: Bodewryd by gru on Thursday, 31 May 2007
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oh, that anonymous comment was me but i forgot to log in lol
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Re: Bodewryd by Anonymous on Thursday, 31 May 2007
well i suppose that you could say ive visited the site, as i was its closest neighbour for a good few years during my latter childhood until my mid-twenties!
in some respects i consider it "my" stone, as living next to it gives oneself a sense of guardianship, and i can certainly say the proximity of such antiquity has had its effect on my world-view, the ancient stones of the island, and of britain as a whole, have become something very special to my heart over the years and i cannot spend enough time around them and with them!
i have visited this particular stone in the quiet silver black of night, circled it, pressed my body to it, taken my friends to drink in its glory.
nothing moves me like the presence of these stones, i feel bound to them deeply, much more so than i feel connected to the distorted "history" we are given of this country ... i dont know what it is, but to me there is more truth in the silence of these stones than in all the books written on the kings, queens, politicians, battles and wars that modern britain has founded itself upon.
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Re: Bodewryd by TimPrevett on Monday, 23 April 2007
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A windy 40 second YouTube clip walking around the stone

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