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Submitted by ESgt on Thursday, 16 April 2015 Page Views: 2661
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Penrhyncoch War Memorial Alternative Name: Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri StoneCountry: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth Nearest Village: Penrhyncoch
Map Ref: SN6422984058
Latitude: 52.437580N Longitude: 3.998716W
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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Possible Standing Stone in Ceredigion, now a WWI & WWII war memorial and topped with a cross.
It's a white quartz stone monument fenced off in the middle of the road junction at Penrhyn-coch. Source: Anthony Pugh
Laying on an alignment from the hill of Parcgwyn, through Ponterwyd Chapel, across the Settlements of Banc-y-Darren and the one above Bow Street, then onto the Sarn Cynfelyn at Wallog. That's where the people of Cantref Gwaelod escaped up from the flood; legend has it.
But The Modern Antiquarian references a 1939 thesis by AR Sainsbury, which I believe to be held in the RCAHMW library claiming it was moved from SN66138586, [update from comments - Ed] a distance of 2.7km, which ESgt thinks is unlikely.
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