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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plas Gogerddan Alternative Name: Cerrig Llwydion (Ceredigion)Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth Nearest Village: Bow Street
Map Ref: SN626835 Landranger Map Number: 135
Latitude: 52.432159N Longitude: 4.022434W
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 |
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Stone Row (Alignment) in Ceredigion
Cerrig Llwydion (Plas Gogerddan) Stone Row is on private land but clearly visible in fields either side of the A4159 between Bow Street and the A44. Two standing stones, 140m apart, remain of what is believed to have been a three stone row erected in bronze age times.
Excavation of the site in 1986 showed that one of the stones was not in its original position but a probable socket hole was located. This cast doubt on the antiquity of the row but other finds such as pits, cremation burials, other post holes and carbon dating demonstrate that the area was in use both as a domestic and a ritual site 3-4000 years ago. The area then remained a focus for burial and ritual through the Iron age into early Christian times.
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