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<< Text Pages >> Cilymaenllwyd Stone - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Wales in Carmarthenshire

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 04 February 2010  Page Views: 6907

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Cilymaenllwyd Stone Alternative Name: Cil-Y-Maen-Llwyd Stone
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.27 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Carmarthenshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Llanelli  Nearest Village: Pwll
Map Ref: SN47780148
Latitude: 51.691377N  Longitude: 4.203665W
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
3 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
4

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nddavies couldn't find on 30th Apr 2011 - their rating: Access: 4 Absolutely no sign of the stone at coordinates SN47780148 - which is in the middle of a field accessed by a public footpath.

Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)

"Pillar shaped stone, with cross shaped inscription and possible remains of Ogham script. Believed to be of early medieval date, possibly 7th-9th C."

Source: Coflein.
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SN4701 : Part of the Village of Pwll Near Llanelli by David Lewis
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SN4801 : Holy Trinity Church, Pwll by Richard Dorrell
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SN4701 : Western end of Beech Grove, Pwll, Carmarthenshire by Jaggery
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SN4801 : War memorial, Pwll by Richard Dorrell
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Re: Cilymaenllwyd Stone by nddavies on Saturday, 30 April 2011
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Added an unsuccessful visit to SN47780148.
I have since found this which gives coordinates of SN475014. This seems to be the approximate location of a building about 270m WSW of the field location.
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