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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carreg PumsaintCountry: Wales County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Pumsaint
Map Ref: SN66334035 Landranger Map Number: 146
Latitude: 52.045379N Longitude: 3.950525W
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 |
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| 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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The stone at Carreg Pumsaint near the Dolaucothi gold mines, after which the village was named. Legend had it that five saints rested on the stone (one on each face and one on top) - the devil came along, saw them and stuck them to it. Merlin then released them but the stone is still marked where the saints were stuck.
In reality the stone is believed to have been an anvil for ore crushing and would have lain on its side. NGR: SN663403.
Update January 2019: This standing stone is recorded as Coflein NPRN 303909. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry on this stone - scroll down their entry for the Dolaucothi Roman Mines, Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, which includes some background information, a photograph and local folklore. The Journal adds: "Near the entrance to the Roman mine on a low mound there is a small standing stone (Carreg Pumsaint) which, according to legend, is associated with five Celtic saints who lived as a hermits here in the 6C AD. There names were Ceitho, Celynin, Gwyn, Gwynaro and Gwynog. They were the sons of Cynyr Farfdrwch, a prince of Pembrokeshire, at the time of St David …. There are said to be five hollows in the stone where the saints lay their heads – although today there only seem to be four hollows in the stone".
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