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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 27 October 2007  Page Views: 8274

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Merthyr Tydfil  Nearest Village: Pontsticill
Map Ref: SO03091783
Latitude: 51.850622N  Longitude: 3.408361W
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.
4 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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Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain : I eventually saw something almost right over the far side of the field, down near a marshy looking area by the stream. Using full zoom on the camera and was able to determine that this was indeed a standing stone, probably just over a metre in height and quite slender, but maybe an old gatepost? (Vote or comment on this photo)
According to Coflein, there is a leaning standing stone about a metre high, in the field just south of the lower of the two Neuadd Reservoirs, to the west of the road just before it runs out at a parking area.

This stone may or may not be easy to find in the field, I saw a broken looking stone in about the right place but at the time I was passing I wasn't sure quite where to look as it is not clearly marked on my maps, and there was nothing at all obvious standing in the field.

It is included on Coflein (this is a link) as of unknown origin, but I couldn't see anything where that places it.

I have to say that I wasn't spending long, nor any energy in looking for this stone, as I had been out all day walking round pretty much the entire Brecon Beacons ridge, and had just come down from the highground after 6 or 7 hours and many miles of walking, with a couple more still to do before getting back to the car, and was absolutely knackered.
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Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain : I eventually saw something almost right over the far side of the field, down near a marshy looking area by the stream. Using full zoom on the camera and was able to determine that this was indeed a standing stone, probably just over a metre in height and quite slender, but maybe an old gatepost? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain : The fallen and broken stone by the track (possible) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO0317 : Abandoned reservoir building, Brecon Beacons by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2009(licence)
SO0317 : Approaching the Lower Neuadd Reservoir by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)
SO0317 : Taff trail toward Pen-y-fan. by Chris
by Chris
©2009(licence)
SO0317 : Derelict building at the Neuadd Reservoirs by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)
SO0317 : Derelict building near the Lower Neuadd Reservoir by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2014(licence)

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Re: Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone by TheCaptain on Friday, 16 June 2017
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Notes from a visit August 2016

After a trip on the Brecon Mountain Railway, was inspired to come up here and look again for this stone again. After checking out the fallen stone by the track (possible) I eventually saw something almost right over the far side of the field, down near a marshy looking area by the stream. Using full zoom on the camera and was able to determine that this was indeed a standing stone, probably just over a metre in height and quite slender, but maybe an old gatepost?
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