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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llanhamlach Standing Stone Alternative Name: Maen HirCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Brecon Nearest Village: Llanhamlach
Map Ref: SO08932675
Latitude: 51.931784N Longitude: 3.325958W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: 4 Amb: 1 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 1 Access: 4
Sunny100 writes: In the book 'The Ancient Stones of Wales' by Chris Barber and John Godfrey Williams', Blorenge Books, 1989, it is called Maen Hir on the Os maps of 1947 and 1951 and as Standing Stone on the 1967 maps. The authors say: "It is a greyish stone about 4 foot 6 inches high and 2 feet square. Here in 1959 some strange photographs were obtained suggesting a concentration of ultra-violet light near the standing stone. 'The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire' by Edwin Poole (Brecon, 1886), p145, mentions it as traditionally being the spot from which St Peter preached, hence the name of the mansion opposite which is called Peterstone Court". The stone is located on the right-side of the A40 from Abergavenny to Brecon in the hedge opposite Llanhamlach church.
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