<< Our Photo Pages >> Careg Samson - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Ceredigion
Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 08 July 2009 Page Views: 4906
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Careg Samson Alternative Name: Carreg SamsonCountry: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lampeter Nearest Village: Llanddewi Brefi
Map Ref: SN67575384
Latitude: 52.166890N Longitude: 3.937705W
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 |
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.
Internal Links:
External Links:
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Ceredigion
A cairn is reported 30yds to the north-west of this stone.
Coflein site no. 303534
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
1.0km SW 223° Crug cairn* Cairn (SN66855311)
1.9km NW 320° St David (Llandewi Brefi)* Ancient Cross (SN66385531)
5.0km SSW 196° Craig Twrch* Cairn (SN66104910)
6.0km SSE 155° Crug Siarls* Stone Circle (SN69954830)
6.2km N 3° Tregaron Gorsedd Circle* Modern Stone Circle etc (SN6807860037)
6.3km SW 223° Tir Ifan (Cellan)* Misc. Earthwork (SN63134931)
6.4km N 9° Castell Tregaron* Hillfort (SN6869760188)
6.6km SSW 205° Carreg Y Bwci* Cairn (SN646479)
7.1km W 260° Ffynnon-Wen* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SN60535283)
7.4km E 82° Bryn y Gorlan* Stone Circle (SN74945473)
7.6km SE 125° Cefn Gwernffrwd stone circle* Stone Circle (SN7370049328)
7.6km SE 125° Cefn Gwernffrwd Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SN7370049328)
7.7km SE 138° Esgair Nant-y-Maen cairn* Ring Cairn (SN72544798)
7.8km WSW 247° Castell Goetre* Hillfort (SN60325095)
7.8km NNW 331° Pen-Y-Gaer (Llangeitho) Hillfort (SN63996083)
7.9km NE 39° Groes Fawr Cairn* Round Cairn (SN7273059860)
7.9km SW 221° Caer Cadwgan Hillfort (SN62234796)
8.2km NE 41° Castell Rhyfel Hillfort (SN7320059870)
8.4km SW 216° Bryn Goleu* Cairn (SN62434712)
9.0km SSW 213° Hirfaen Gwyddog* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN62454645)
9.0km WSW 244° Castell Allt-Goch* Hillfort (SN59335012)
9.1km WSW 253° Coed-Parc Gaer Hillfort (SN58795143)
9.1km NE 55° Blaen Camddwr Cairn* Cairn (SN7516558906)
9.1km ESE 116° Cefn Cnwcheithinog* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN757496)
9.2km E 91° Blaen nant y Rhiw Round Cairn* Cairn (SN76765347)
View more nearby sites and additional images