<< Our Photo Pages >> Aber Rhaeadr - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Powys
Submitted by TimPrevett on Monday, 20 September 2004 Page Views: 22062
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aber Rhaeadr Alternative Name: Maes Mochnant, Post Coch, Post-Y-Wiber, Erw-Y-Garreg, Post-Y-Gwyber, The Dragon's PostCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: SJ1369624820 Landranger Map Number: 125
Latitude: 52.813989N Longitude: 3.281937W
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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bishop_pam visited on 2nd Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Where the B4396 crosses the B4580, walk along the road to Llanfyllin till you reach a gate, and the stone is opposite the gate
Penbron myf TimPrevett have visited here
A further couple miles down the road from Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, we stopped to view a standing stone. We parked in a layby, next to a signpost with the following details: Llangedwyn 3, Shrewsbury 25, Llanrhaedr-Ym-Mochnant 1, Bala 18; and a further sign for "Waterfall Rhaedr 5 Miles". A quick look located the stone a short distance to the SW.
We climbed over the gate (a footpath is marked here), and headed diagonally SW across the field, to a break in the hedge. On approaching the stone, we realised how huge it was! Some 13 feet tall, and most impressive. Size may not be everything, but this was good! Single stones often may not be as memorable as groups of stones, but they are worth investigating, as this wonderful fellow was. We had to make a prompt departure, as the farmer was muck-spraying in the field, as we did not want to get sprayed! Going back to the car, we caught a whiff down-wind, and it was a most obscene smell... it was good we left when we did!
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