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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Tudno's Cradle - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by TimPrevett on Wednesday, 28 July 2021  Page Views: 996

Natural PlacesSite Name: St Tudno's Cradle Alternative Name: Maen Sigl, The Judgement Stone
Country: Wales County: Conwy Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Llandudno
Map Ref: SH779829
Latitude: 53.328885N  Longitude: 3.83485W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 3 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
 5

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St Tudno's Cradle
St Tudno's Cradle submitted by TimPrevett : St Tudno's Cradle, a rocking stone within the Pen Dinas hillfort, overlooking Llandudno and the West Shore of Llandudno. Said to be a means of divining the guilt of someone being tried, when stood upon it, if it didn't rock, they were guilty and thrown to their death over the imminent cliff. Featured in my video Three Stone Features on The Great Orme. Access via a footpath from the north, fro... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A rocking stone within the Pen Dinas hillfort, overlooking Llandudno and the West Shore of Llandudno. Said to be a means of divining the guilt of someone being tried, when stood upon it, if it didn't rock, they were guilty and thrown to their death over the imminent cliff.

Access via a footpath from the north, from the car park next to the dry ski slope.
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St Tudno's Cradle
St Tudno's Cradle submitted by TimPrevett : St Tudno's Cradle, a rocking stone within the Pen Dinas hillfort, overlooking Llandudno and the West Shore of Llandudno. Said to be a means of divining the guilt of someone being tried, when stood upon it, if it didn't rock, they were guilty and thrown to their death over the imminent cliff. Featured in my video Three Stone Features on The Great Orme. Access via a footpath from the north, fro... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Tudno's Cradle
St Tudno's Cradle submitted by TimPrevett (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Tudno's Cradle
St Tudno's Cradle submitted by TimPrevett : View across the top of St Tudno's Cradle, a rocking stone within the Pen Dinas hillfort, overlooking Llandudno and the West Shore of Llandudno. Said to be a means of divining the guilt of someone being tried, when stood upon it, if it didn't rock, they were guilty and thrown to their death over the imminent cliff. Featured in my video Three Stone Features on The Great Orme. Access via a footp... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SH7782 : Tilted strata in the Carboniferous Limestones of the Great Orme by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)
SH7782 : Pen Dinas rock cannon on the Great Orme, Llandudno by Meirion
by Meirion
©2017(licence)
SH7782 : Pen Dinas rock cannon (close-up) on the Great Orme, Llandudno by Meirion
by Meirion
©2017(licence)
SH7782 : Near summit of Pen-y-Dinas hillfort by Clint Mann
by Clint Mann
©2014(licence)
SH7782 : Maen Sigl near summit of Pen-y-Dinas, Llandudno by Meirion
by Meirion
©2010(licence)

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 100m N 358° Pen-y-Dinas (Conwy)* Hillfort (SH779830)
 113m SE 133° Upper Kendrick's Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SH7798182821)
 141m SE 134° Lower Kendrick's Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SH780828)
 305m ENE 60° Llandudno Eisteddfod Circle* Modern Stone Circle etc (SH7816883048)
 412m NNW 345° Great Orme Lost Chamber* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SH778833)
 510m SSE 167° Llandudno Museum* Museum (SH78008240)
 687m W 273° Lletty'r Filiast* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SH7721382950)
 798m W 269° Great Orme barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SH771829)
 845m WNW 282° Great Orme Mine* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SH7707683100)
 1.1km WNW 299° Brynia Poethion Ancient Village or Settlement (SH76998343)
 1.2km NW 315° St Tudno's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH77068378)
 1.4km W 277° Bishop's Quarries Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (SH76498311)
 1.6km WNW 303° Ffynnon Rufeinig* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH766838)
 1.8km NW 310° Hwylfa’r Ceirw Stone Alignment* Stone Row / Alignment (SH76568409)
 1.9km NW 307° Hafnant Ancient Village or Settlement (SH76398409)
 2.4km WNW 285° Great Orme Head cairn* Cairn (SH75618357)
 2.4km ESE 121° Ogof Tan-Y-Bryn Cave or Rock Shelter (SH79948160)
 2.9km SE 132° Coed Gaer Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH80028092)
 2.9km SSE 152° Ffynnon Santes Fair Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SH792803)
 2.9km SSE 150° Llanrhos church Inscribed Stone Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SH79338032)
 3.2km ESE 112° Ogof Pant-Y-Wennol Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SH80818161)
 3.5km S 173° Deganwy Castle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7822579455)
 3.6km E 92° Ogof Rhiwleden Cave or Rock Shelter (SH81538269)
 4.2km SSE 152° Bodysgallen* Hillfort (SH798791)
 5.4km SSW 199° Conway Mountain* Hillfort (SH760778)
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St Tudno's Cradle on Video by TimPrevett on Sunday, 18 September 2022
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