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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pant Ifan MaenhirCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Llanrug Nearest Village: Ceunant
Map Ref: SH52506160
Latitude: 53.131093N Longitude: 4.206096W
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
Situated on high ground within a small pastoral field the Maenhir (long stone, taken from the Cymraeg/Welsh & Breton) can be viewed from the narrow lane that leads from Ceunant village. This is a similar stone to others in the area in that it is a tall thin stone standing at about 2m but tapering from the base. There are pack stones visible at the base and the stone appears to have been worked on its northern side creating a curved look. I did not notice any rock art on the surface. The maenhir shares the field with a rather chunky stone that may have stood at some point?
The maenhir is made more significant due to the presence of similarly proportioned maenhir standing in close proximity.
This standing stone is recorded as Coflein NPRN 420331.
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