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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bedd y Gwr Hir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by geoffstickland on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 6644

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bedd y Gwr Hir
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Abergavenny  Nearest Village: Llanelly
Map Ref: SO246134  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 51.814124N  Longitude: 3.095179W
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.
3 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
3

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Bedd y Gwr Hir
Bedd y Gwr Hir submitted by geoffstickland : A large, elongated pile of rough stones at the edge of a small field. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Monmouthshire

A large, elongated pile of rough stones at the edge of a small field.

Page originally by Vicky. Was originally listed as a standing stone but none can be found.
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Bedd y Gwr Hir
Bedd y Gwr Hir submitted by geoffstickland : The elongated pile viwed "end on". (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Bedd y Gwr Hir by geoffstickland on Tuesday, 04 August 2020
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Clearly, there is no standing stone here, but a large pile of stones. If Coflein had not authenticated the site I might dismiss it as a clearance mound.
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Re: Bedd y Gwr Hir by cerrig on Tuesday, 08 February 2011
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There is no mention of a standing stone in this area, only this mound with the same name?

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/pls/portal/coflein.w_details?inumlink=6066190
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