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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Penbedw Park
Country: Wales County: Flintshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: SJ17126793  Landranger Map Number: 116
Latitude: 53.201959N  Longitude: 3.242226W
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.
 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
0No data.
 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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Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by blingo : Penbedw Stone Circle at SJ171679 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Flintshire

Burl list this as a site as a possible fake in his Stone Circle Gazetteer (2000)
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Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : The surviving arc of four stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : The outlier stands within the line of Red Oak trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : Coflein says it has five stones and eight trees, and isn't mentioned before the 18th century. But today I could only see four stones and four trees and a stump, perhaps the other trees were carted off for road or wall building. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : An arc of wood and stone, some up some down some dead some very much alive. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : Burl calls this site spurious, I had to look that one up before I disagreed with him. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : Grey stones for a grey day, in a green Wales.

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : The circle stones of Penbedw

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : Looking through two of the circle trees to the circle stones, odd place this.

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : This tree is attempting the vanishing trick pulled off by the stone that was once here.

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Postman : Looking back at the circle of stone and wood from the track to the outlier

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by Postman : Burl is suspicious of this stone like the circle, but if I were lord of the manor and asked for a standing stone, and got this, I'd want me money back, that's just a stone lump not standing stone., and I wouldn't really want it right next to the track up to the big house where any unobservant toff could crash into it.

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by Postman : The nearby tumulus can be seen over the flat topped bush right of stone.

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by Postman : The stone circle can be seen through the big red trees, Red Oak from North America.

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by Postman : A big ol' lumpy stone.

Penbedw Park Tumulus
Penbedw Park Tumulus submitted by Postman : From the lane leading to the standing stone and Penbedw farm/mansion.

Penbedw Park Tumulus
Penbedw Park Tumulus submitted by Postman : From in the circle, apparently the tree, left, replaces a lost stone.

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Bladup : Penbedw Park stone circle.

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Bladup

Penbedw Park
Penbedw Park submitted by Bladup

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Penbedw Park Standing Stone.

Penbedw Park Stone Circle
Penbedw Park Stone Circle submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the south west to the outlying standing stone. Permission must be obtained before visiting, as it is on private park land.

Penbedw Park Stone Circle
Penbedw Park Stone Circle submitted by TimPrevett : This stone we thought the most individually interesting of the stones at Penbedw Park. Its knotted and gnarled texture made for fascinating observation, with differing colonies of lichens inhabiting the nooks and crannies. Some of the stone also sounded hollow to a gentle tap from knuckles. Observe the two-tone texture - the lower part of the stone is discoloured and smoother - from sheep ru...

Penbedw Park Stone Circle
Penbedw Park Stone Circle submitted by TimPrevett : The south eastern stone of the four remaining stones at Penbedw Park. Here, we strongly suspected that natural forces were responsible for this damage to the stone; probably frost damage from freezing water within cracks on the stone. There were no obvious impact marks or scratches upon the stone. Permission must be obtained before visiting, as it is on private park land.

Penbedw Park Tumulus
Penbedw Park Tumulus submitted by TimPrevett : The Penbedw Park Tumulus as seen from one of the stones of the circle. It also shows the clear surplanting of trees, to replace stones to complete a sense of the ring. Burl reports on some who were digging the tumulus to see what could be found, and were warned that they would be haunted by the spirits of the dead who dwellt there. Permission must be obtained before visiting, as it is on ...

Penbedw Park Standing Stone
Penbedw Park Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : This stone serves as the likely outlier to the Penbedw Park Circle. It is a very large, almost square but rounded sides stone, and is intervisible from the circle, and tumulus. Permission must be obtained before visiting, as it is on private park land. The circle is behind the tree in the centre of the picture.

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Re: Penbedw Park by sem on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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OS grid ref (Coflein) SJ17126793 [grid reference updated, thank you]
Coflein "A circle, c.30m in diameter, consisting of five stones and eight trees. The circle is not mentioned before the 18th c.and can be associated with Penbedw Hall garden/park"
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Re: Penbedw Park by coldrum on Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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RCAHMW record:

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306858/details/PENBEDW+PARK%2C+STONE+CIRCLE/
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Re: Penbedw Park by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 10 February 2004
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In searching ahead of an intended visit in the coming months, I actually found this reference online (stoneslist archives) to my last visit with Alastair McIvor some 4 years ago!

"Penbedw Park, near Mold, Clwyd Grid Reference 171679 Date Visited Thursday 25th May 2000 Situated in a field, off the A541 Mold to Trefnant, this circle was out of bounds for us. Just after Hendre, the road bends to the north, and the circle is in a field to the left. There is a layby on the left after the bend, which is the best location to park. Given that a few of the stones have been replaced with trees it is not that easy to see at first. Unfortunately the field was ploughed, and the circle was located right in the middle, we thought it best not to attempt to get any closer. A few stones were visible, but clearly the best view will be gained at close proximity on a winter / early spring day. Had it been later in the day, we may have asked permission, but given that it was 7:15am when we pulled up we may not have received a warm welcome! There is some uncertainty as to its origin, in that some rich estate owner may have had it erected just a few centuries ago, but Burl is not conclusive on the matter, and feels the issue is best left open. "
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Re: Penbedw Park by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 10 February 2004
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