<< Our Photo Pages >> Capel Rhos - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Capel RhosCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Builth Wells Nearest Village: Pentre-llwyn-llwyd
Map Ref: SN94865584 Landranger Map Number: 147
Latitude: 52.190744N Longitude: 3.539489W
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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SandyG visited on 20th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 There is no legal right of public access to this row, but the owners are apparently happy for people to visit providing they shut the gates and cause no damage. Indeed the route to the row at the time of the visit was signposted by bags placed over the gateposts. Park at SN 95208 55592 and walk along the road to SN 94878 55596. Enter the field and walk north to the next gate. The row is visible from the road.
There is no legal right of public access to this row, but the owners are apparently happy for people to visit providing they shut the gates and cause no damage. Indeed the route to the row at the time of the visit was signposted by bags placed over the gateposts. Park at SN 95208 55592 and walk along the road to SN 94878 55596. Enter the field and walk north to the next gate. The row is visible from the road.
Update October 2019: This row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Capel Rhos, which includes a description, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, a plan of the row, access information and links to other online resources for more information.
This row is also recorded as Coflein NPRN 305034 (Capel Rhos, Standing Stone), which tells us that this site is: "A standing stone, 1.83m high by 1.35m by 0.61m, in a low-lying location. Together with two other large stones, protrudind from the turf, it has been suggested that this stone was part of an alignment".
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