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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cefn Car Standing Stones - Standing Stones in Wales in Powys

Submitted by coldrum on Saturday, 02 July 2011  Page Views: 4198

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cefn Car Standing Stones
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: SO01491299
Latitude: 51.806839N  Longitude: 3.430203W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data 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
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SandyG visited on 6th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Car parking is available at SO 00760 12840. From here (taking extra-special care) walk on the road verge to SO 00690 12985. Take the track up the hill to SO 00890 13625, then turn right and follow the track to SO 01037 13343. Turn left and follow the path to SO 01295 13540. From here head south east to the stones.

Cefn Car Standing Stones
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG : View from north east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Powys

Coflein entry.

"Two stones, one recumbent, possible marker or boundary stones? reported g. makepeace (GGAT). Each stone is approx. 1.40m in length X 0.30m in width and depth. No visible tooling marks."

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Cefn Car Standing Stones
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG : The southern stone measures 0.29m long by 0.22m wide, stands up 0.76m high and is orientated at 160°. View from west (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefn Car Standing Stones
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG : The northern stone measures 0.22m long by 0.28m wide, stands up 0.98m high and is orientated at 130°. The stone leans significantly to the north and would have originally stood 1.12m high. View from west (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefn Car Standing Stones
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG : View from west. The rock beside the ranging rod is probably natural. View from west (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefn Car Standing Stones
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG : The stone pair at Cefn Car. View from south west (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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