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<< Our Photo Pages >> Maen Twrog - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Gwynedd
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Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 10 September 2005 Page Views: 5249
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Wales
Site Name: Maen Twrog Alternative Name: St Twrog's Stone; Maentwrog
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Maentwrog
Map Ref: SH664406
Latitude: 52.946104N Longitude: 3.989773W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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The smooth, cylindrical shape of Maen Twrog stone, not from the locality, may or may not be of prehistoric origin.
This ancient stone is of particular interest due to the legend that it was thrown from a nearby mountainside by the giant St Twrog, smashing a "Pagan altar" which stood on the site now occupied by the church, upon its landing.
The Saint's thumb and finger marks are still detectable on the stone!
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 Maen Twrog submitted by postman
Stained glass window at St Twrog's church, is that the menhir his hand rests upon.
 Maen Twrog submitted by postman
This embroidery was hanging in the church when we went and is by St Twrog's Womens Fellowship
 Maen Twrog submitted by AngieLake
Maen Twrog is quite a plain stone but the legends are amusing.
 Maen Twrog submitted by AngieLake
Maen Twrog in October 2009.
 Maen Twrog submitted by AngieLake
Maen Twrog and the church, where it stands beside the corner of the building to the right, here.
 Maen Twrog submitted by TimPrevett
The smooth, cylindrical shape of Maen Twrog. This stone, not from the locality, was reputed to have been thrown from a nearby mountainside by the giant St Twrog, smashing a Pagan altar upon landing. His hand prints are supposed to be the indentations upon the top of the stone Ancient yews are in this churchyard, and the church, instead of having the usual church bells, has Tubular Bells. The Churc
 Maen Twrog submitted by TimPrevett
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Re: Maen Twrog (Score: 1)
by TimPrevett on Sunday, 08 August 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I can really recommend The Grapes a couple doors down hill from the church entrance; Evan Evans' CWRW (pr. cooroo) ale is the best welsh ale I've tasted too! | [ Reply to This ]
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