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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Llanfair Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 23 July 2009  Page Views: 4119

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llanfair Standing Stone Alternative Name: Hengaeau Standing Stone
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Barmouth  Nearest Village: Llanfair
Map Ref: SH58432901
Latitude: 52.839944N  Longitude: 4.103254W
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
no data 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
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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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Llanfair Standing Stone
Llanfair Standing Stone submitted by w650marion : The top of the stone rises above the double stone walls. (Photo taken on zoom as it was difficult to get close). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Three metre tall standing stone at the junction of several field walls and on the edge of a major ancient trackway.


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Llanfair Standing Stone
Llanfair Standing Stone submitted by w650marion : Another angle on the stone, showing the hill beyond, the double stone walls and the overgrowth. Photo taken on zoom as this was the closest we could access today. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SH5829 : Above Hengaeau by DS Pugh
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SH5829 : Enclosed footpath leading to Hen-gaeau by David Medcalf
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SH5828 : Penrallt by Ian Medcalf
by Ian Medcalf
©2014(licence)
SH5829 : Road to Hengaeau by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
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SH5829 : Farm at Hen-gaeau by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
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Re: Llanfair Standing Stone by w650marion on Wednesday, 06 July 2022
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Tried to access but failed to get close up - gate bolted shut (we had asked permission too). Also the bracken was very high, cows with calves and high stone walls.

But it is a significant stone, it is scheduled for protection, and a photo appears on the front of the 2001 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monument Survey: Meirionnydd.
GAT says "This tall standing stone lies at the junction of several field walls and on the edge of a major ancient trackway. It forms part of a clearance cairn which is also built upon another upright slab 0.5m high and a massive horizontal slab over 1.5m long which could be a fallen capstone"

I did manage to get some photos using the camera zoom, but we will have to try again perhaps in the spring.

Scheduled monument -

https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?lang=en&id=3934

GAT -

https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT1060&dbname=gat&tbname=core

Coflein -

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302698/

Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monument Survey: Meirionnydd document -

http://www.walesher1974.org/her/groups/GAT/media/GAT_Reports/GATreport_415_compressed.pdf
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Re: Llanfair Standing Stone by w650marion on Thursday, 01 April 2021
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https://ancientmonuments.uk/129952-hengaeau-standing-stone-llanfair#.YGZBWsrTWhB
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Re: Llanfair Standing Stone by w650marion on Thursday, 01 April 2021
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Working Coflein link with photos

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302698
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