<< Our Photo Pages >> Waun Lydan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Waun Lydan Alternative Name: Craig RhiwnantCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Rhayader Nearest Village: Landrindod Wells
Map Ref: SN88136136
Latitude: 52.239025N Longitude: 3.639724W
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 |
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geoffstickland PAB have visited here
It also has a wonderful view south across to the (now) quartz-capped cairns of Drygarn Fawr.
The stone is not composed entirely of white quartz - being instead veined with quartz, but having some truly amazing mixtures of material - which hopefully some of my later pictures will show.
NB - very good boots required up here - some seriously boggy and wet ground!
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