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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Defynnog StoneCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Brecon Nearest Village: Defynnog
Map Ref: SN92532793
Latitude: 51.939461N Longitude: 3.564765W
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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NickyD visited on 1st Jan 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
coin visited Beautiful day to visit with two low-flying red kites above the ancient graveyard. Nice cross too.
The stone was later reused when a cross was inscribed into it in the 7th - 9th Century.
In the fourteenth Century the stone was used in the wall of the church tower of St Cynog, Defynnog. In recent times the stone as been moved to the church porch, where the base or first letter of the inscription have been set in concrete!
As viewed in the church porch the ogham inscription is down the left side of the stone, most of the inscription has been removed by later masons.
More at www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=CPAT574
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