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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hirnant
Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth  Nearest Village: Ponterwydd
Map Ref: SN7532683939  Landranger Map Number: 135
Latitude: 52.439157N  Longitude: 3.835522W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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rhodct visited on 27th May 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Geraint1 visited on 6th May 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This really is a very nice stone circle. This circle can be seen from the road. If you're ambitious you can just about park on the verge.

Penbron Bladup have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Hirnant
Hirnant submitted by postman : A great little circle, with much in common with nearby Dolgamfa (Vote or comment on this photo)
Marked on OS maps and accessible via a short walk along the fence line from a gate adjacent to the road, this attractive monument highlights the difficulties in classification of prehistoric monuments: at various times it has been described as a free-standing stone circle or a ring cairn.

It is now accepted as being a particularly fine example of a kerb circle: an integral structure within a cairn, the smaller stones of which have long since been removed, most likely for building purposes.

It consists of 16 small upright stones in a roughly circular setting 6m in diameter and, like many such monuments, is worth visiting for the panoramic views of the surrounding countryside as much as for the stones themselves!
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Hirnant submitted by Bladup : Hirnant Circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hirnant Kerb Cairn
Hirnant Kerb Cairn submitted by Johnny : Marked on OS maps (SN 753 839) and accessible via a short walk along the fence line from a gate adjacent to the road, this attractive monument highlights the difficulties in classification of prehistoric monuments: at various times it has been described as a free-standing stone circle or a ring cairn. It is now accepted as being a particularly fine example of a kerb circle: an integral structure w... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hirnant submitted by Horatio : lovely little kerbed cairn or cairn circle rather than the traditional what we think of as 'true' stone circle as it where. I happen to visit when the not only was the light flat/grey and dull but had to park a good distance away as the Rali Ceredigion (International event this time) was on, so a few spectators saw a couple of lunatics walking along the road/race way to get to stones and jumping ... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking north at Drosgol, two cairns up there. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hirnant submitted by Bladup : Hirnant circle in the frost.

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Hirnant submitted by Horatio : umm. that 11 o'clock is is bothering me. As I mentioned in my other photo of this site, in the 1967 photo's on Coflein I cant make out this stone. So I'm guessing it has either been re-sighted wrongly after being disturbed or damaged, or more likely a more recent discovery and is sighted where it was found...

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Hirnant submitted by Geraint1 : Hirnant stone circle, as seen from the road. The dog points to the circle

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Hirnant submitted by Geraint1 : Hirnant stone circle

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Hirnant submitted by Geraint1

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Hirnant submitted by Geraint1

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking over the pile of dumped stone towards the circle above.

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking west. The circle overlooks the Afon Rheidol below.

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Cairns??

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Nice piece of stone dumped next to the circle. One of many.

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking east. The edge of the circle is visible on the right. There's a pile of interesting looking stone dumped here, related to the circle itself or the 'missing' cairns?

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking east towards the road.

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : There are meant to be two cairns behind the circle on the other side of the fence but I couldn't see them.

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Hirnant submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking west over the circle, Disgwylfa Fawr on the right, there's a barrow up there.

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Hirnant submitted by Penbron : Lovely location above the infant Afon Rheidol...Spot the Canada Goose in pic..

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Hirnant submitted by Bladup : Hirnant circle.

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Hirnant submitted by Bladup : Part of Hirnant circle in the frost.

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Hirnant submitted by Bladup : Hirnant Circle.

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Hirnant submitted by Bladup

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Re: Hirnant by HarryTwenty on Saturday, 16 September 2023
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Hirnant stone circle further information:
The monument comprises the remains of a stone circle and a pair of cairns, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). They are located on a gentle valley slope overlooking the Afon Rheidol to the NW. Item 'A' is a circle of 16 small and irregularly shaped stones in a circular setting measuring 6m in diameter. An outlying orthostat is located c. 22m to the S. Item 'B' is located c. 50m to the S. It is circular in shape on plan and measures 8m in diameter. It is rounded in profile and measures 0.7m in height. Item 'C', comprising a rectangular open cist, is located c. 80m to the SSW of Item 'B'. It is aligned E-W and measures c. 1.8m in length, 0.6m in width and 0.3m in depth. One side and end stone are missing.

The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. The features are part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance is further enhanced by their group value.

The schedule entry has been revised to include two additional features. The two areas to be scheduled comprise the remains described and areas around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. Area 'A' is an irregular polygon that measures 77m N-S by 34m transversely. Area 'B' is circular in shape on plan and measures 15m in diameter.
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NAR SN78SE3

This is an orthostatic or earthfast kerb-ring. There are sixteen visible stones, four of which are 0.5-0.7m high and the remainder 0.3m or less. The circle has an internal diameter of 5.5m. The interior shows little trace of a cairn. A possible spoil heap identified some 50m to the south-west could be connected with an unrecorded excavation or clearance (NPRN 284069).
This is probably a Bronze Age funerary or ritual monument. Two apparently unstructured cairns are found about 100m to the north-east (NPRN 303685, 400936). These monuments occupy a level shelf on the eastern side of the upper Rheidol valley.

Source: Briggs in the Cardiganshire County History I (1994), 197 No.235

John Wiles 02.01.08
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Re: Hirnant by Vicky on Tuesday, 27 August 2002
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This really is a fantastic site and well worth a visit - thanks to John Ibbotson for taking us there.
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