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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Capel Rhos - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys

Submitted by SandyG on Monday, 30 September 2002  Page Views: 6551

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Capel Rhos
Country: 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:
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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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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.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by postman : Looking north east (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Powys

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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Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : Plan of Capel Rhos stone row (Source: survey by Sandy Gerrard at 1:100). Recumbent stones are highlighted in green. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by Bladup : Capel Rhos Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by postman : The sheep says "hey look at me not that stone" (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : View from above and north (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : The eastern stone. This is the largest stone in the row and the only one that remains standing. It is held in position by a substantial packing stone on the east. The orthostat measures 1.55m long by 0.65m wide and stands up to 1.97m high. View from east.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : View from north. The middle stone measures measures 1m long by 0.82m wide and stands up to 0.39m above the ground surface.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : View from north west.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : Looking east along the row. The stone in the foreground measures 0.80m long by 0.59m wide and stands up to 0.20m above the ground surface. This stone has probably fallen northward.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : The eastern stone and its packing. View from south east (Scale 1m).

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by SandyG : View from above and west (Scale 1m). This is clearly a stone row rather than a solitary standing stone.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by Bladup : Capel Rhos Standing Stone.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by Bladup

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by Bladup : Capel Rhos Standing Stone, other stones!

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by Bladup : Capel Rhos Standing Stone.

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by postman : Looking south back towards the road

Capel Rhos
Capel Rhos submitted by postman : Looking north west.

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