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Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Monday, 06 September 2004  Page Views: 8016

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nant Tarw WNW Alternative Name: Usk River
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brecks
Map Ref: SN81872583  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.918426N  Longitude: 3.719042W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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
 4

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Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by enkidu41 : SN 8197 2584 A 65' diameter circle of 15 or so stones. It lies 354' away (centre to centre) from its companion circle, Nant Tarw ESE. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The smaller, but better preserved, of the two Nant Tarw stone circles, this has a diameter of 63 feet.

The larger ESE ring is 366 feet away. The stones of both circles are small.

A number of other standing stones and a possible row can be found in the area. To the east of the ESE ring is a fallen 8-foot stone. 300 feet to the west of the circle is a prostrate pillar 10 feet long.

Update November 2019: For more information about the stone row and this ritual complex, visit the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Nant Tarw, which includes a plan of this prehistoric landscape, putting all the monuments into context, along with highlighting a stunning landscape reveal over to the Brecon Beacons.
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Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : western circle and fallen outlier ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by SandyG : Southern arc of the stone circle. View from the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by SandyG : View from above and west. Godre'r Garn Las Cairn is visible in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : Western circle (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : Cairn in the distance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : western circle and fallen outlier ?

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : Fallen stone

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Postman : Western circle and fallen menhir from a stone row beyond.

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Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup : Some stones of Nant Tarw WNW stone circle with Fan Foel popping up in the background.

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup : Nant Tarw WNW stone circle.

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup : Nant Tarw WNW with cairn in the middle distance right of center.

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by Bladup : Nant Tarw WNW stone circle.

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by sem : Looking down onto the circle (it is to the right of the "L" of darker ground). The confluence of the streams definately resembles a bull's horns and I am sure this is where the name Nant Tarw (stream of the bull) comes from. (1 comment)

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by sem : Situated at SN80702467 this stone appears to be a Winter Solstice sunset marker. The circle is about 1ml away (to the right of the stream above my wife's white hat). Despite the distance it is perfectly visible from the circle. (1 comment)

Nant Tarw WNW
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by enkidu41 : SN 8197 2584 A 65' diameter circle of 15 or so stones. It lies 354' away (centre to centre) from its companion circle, Nant Tarw ESE.

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 112m ESE 115° Nant Tarw ESE* Stone Circle (SN81972578)
 115m WNW 291° Nant Tarw Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SN8176325873)
 117m ENE 69° Godre'r Garn Las Cairn* Cairn (SN81982587)
 791m E 84° Foel Derw cairn* Cairn (SN82662590)
 970m WSW 256° Bryn Elen round cairn* Round Cairn (SN80922562)
 992m SSE 154° Godre'r Garn Las Stone* Standing Stones (SN82292493)
 1.1km W 271° Arhosfar Garreg-Lwyd* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN80762587)
 1.1km W 276° Arhosfa'r Garreg-Lwyd Round Cairn* Round Cairn (SN80762597)
 1.3km SE 129° Garn Las cairn 1* Cairn (SN82872499)
 1.3km SSW 207° Waun Llwyd cairn* Cairn (SN81232464)
 1.4km SE 138° Garn Las cairn 2* Cairn (SN82782476)
 1.5km SW 219° Cwmothlwn Barrow* Cairn (SN809247)
 1.6km WNW 293° Bylchau Blaenclydach Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN804265)
 1.6km NNW 342° Bryn Pwllgerwyn Cairn* Cairn (SN81412738)
 1.7km E 94° Troed Rhiw Wen standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN83602567)
 1.7km SW 214° Bannau Sir Gaer* Stone Circle (SN80862440)
 2.7km S 171° Rhyd Wen Fach* Stone Circle (SN82232312)
 2.9km NNE 29° Gwern-Wyddog* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN833283)
 2.9km NNW 332° Mynydd Myddfai Stones* Standing Stones (SN80562843)
 3.3km NW 325° Carn Pant Meddygon* Round Barrow(s) (SN80062855)
 3.3km NW 325° Pen Caenewydd Cairn* Cairn (SN80042856)
 3.5km S 174° Fan Foel Cairns* Round Cairn (SN8214722341)
 3.6km NNE 16° Cwm Henwen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN82962929)
 3.8km NNE 17° Cwm Henwen Cairn* Cairn (SN83082939)
 3.8km S 170° Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn* Cairn (SN82432206)
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Re: Nant Tarw WNW by sem on Tuesday, 13 June 2017
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Coflein OS Grid Ref SN81872583.
Coflein "SN81872583 the westernmost circle, the smaller of the two, has diameters of 20.1m (E-W) and 19.2m (N-S). It comprises 15 surviving stones plus a stone hole on the south. They vary in height from 0.15m to 1m, on the east. They are regularly spaced except where wider gaps imply lost stones. Upright stones range in character from boulder to slab-like. Four of the boulders are are almost completely buried. Two pairs of stones on the north are more closely-spaced than elsewhere and it has been speculated that this was deliberate.
About 3m to the east of the circle is a massive recumbent slab, perhaps a fallen standing stone It measures about 2.5m long, 1.5m wide and 0.6m thick."
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Re: Nant Tarw WNW by cerrig on Sunday, 12 September 2010
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Condition:3
Ambience:4
Access:2
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Re: Nant Tarw WNW by sem on Saturday, 31 July 2004
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This site seems to relate to Llyn y Fan Fach and LYF Fawr (SW & S respectively).This head of a glacier with the two "cwms" is by far the most dominant feature of the landscape.The site also mirrors Cerrig Duon circle in the Tawe Valley.Apparently locals used to make a pilgrimage to these lakes on the first weekend in August,when a rumbling and boiling of the waters would herald the coming of the Lady of the Lake and her oxen.I was up there today and local accoustics and light gave an impression of boiling waters.
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