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<< Our Photo Pages >> Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) - Stone Circle in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by olding on Wednesday, 03 March 2004  Page Views: 12604

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Country: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Abergavenny  Nearest Village: Llanthony
Map Ref: SO28072545  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 51.922904N  Longitude: 3.047365W
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
 no data 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
 4
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Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by cerrig : Looking North. The hill beyond is Bal Mawr, with Pen y Gadair Fawr beyond that. These stones in the foreground are the closest I could find to the reported stone circle, and they and their many companions are clearly natural. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Some 90m SE of the Garn Wen cairn - three stones in an arc NW-SE with an overall length of some 27m. This site has been described as a possible stone circle and stone alignment and would form an open circle some 50m in diameter. Visited and surveyed 16/03/99.

See: Olding, F. 2000 The Prehistoric Landscapes of the Eastern Black Mountains (BAR 297), 46-51
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Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by cerrig : The cairn itself is quite impressive even in its ruinous and altered state. It must have been even more so in its pomp. Looking South. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by dooclay : Coflein says: The lesser of a pair of cairns, 9.0m in diameter and 0.8m high. O/S SO2808025610. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by cerrig : The view of the cairn as you approach from the South West. Someone has made a fine job of the pillar. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by cerrig : Looking South from Bal Bach. Beyond the cairn can be seen, from the left, the Skyrrid, Twn y Gaer and the Sugar Loaf. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Garn Wen (Monmouthshire)
Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) submitted by AnneGriffiths : Garn Wen today, 16/05/15, my first visit, superb location

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Re: Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) by olding on Sunday, 10 January 2010
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NGR: SO 2807 2545
Some 90m SE of the Garn Wen cairn - three stones in an arc NW-SE with an overall length of some 27m. This site has been described as a possible stone circle and stone alignment and would form an open circle some 50m in diameter. Visited and surveyed 16/03/99.

See: Olding, F. 2000 The Prehistoric Landscapes of the Eastern Black Mountains (BAR 297), 46-51
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Re: Garn Wen (Monmouthshire) by olding on Sunday, 10 January 2010
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NGR: SO 2807 2545
Some 90m SE of the Garn Wen cairn - three stones in an arc NW-SE with an overall length of some 27m. This site has been described as a possible stone circle and stone alignment and would form an open circle some 50m in diameter. Visited and surveyed 16/03/99.

See: Olding, F. 2000. The Prehistoric Landscapes of the Eastern Black Mountains (BAR 297), pp. 46-51.
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