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Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 8767

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gray Hill stone row
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.652 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Monmouthshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Chepstow  Nearest Village: Llanvair Discoed
Map Ref: ST43769357  Landranger Map Number: 171
Latitude: 51.638109N  Longitude: 2.814064W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
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Phillwhite visited on 24th Oct 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 2 Not for the faint hearted... the hill is steep! The tallest standing stone is the easiest to spot. The circle is 45 meters to the south.

TheCaptain visited on 5th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Breezy but sunny afternoon walk up Gray Hill to check out the old stones, then a walk around Wentwood Forest. Much of the top of the hill has become very overgrown, and it was initially difficult to find the stone row leading down to the circle. I disturbed at least three fallow deer on my way through. However, the bracken and gorse on the slopes around the stones is mostly cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row, and two of the stumps.

SandyG visited on 12th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Car parking is available at ST 42871 93864. From here cross the road and follow the track that starts at ST 42884 93940. At ST 43270 93715 take the footpath leading up the very steep hill and follow this to ST 43641 93659. Head downhill from here to the row.

Penbron Geojazz TheCaptain Ellpezz have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.33

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Grey Hill or Gray Hill Stone Row, Monmouthshire, ST437936 - ST438935 Looking to the south down the hill, is a fairly reasonable alignment of 5 stones in a row, which sort of joins between the jumbled stone remains on the top of the hill and the stone circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the top of Gray Hill in Monmouthshire can be found several stones making up a stone row, going between the top of the hill and the stone circle, slightly down from the top in a southerly direction.

Looking to the south from the top of the highest cairn, a large standing stone can be made out further down the hillside. Walking down to this stone, it becomes obvious that there is a further large standing stone further down the hill, and then more stones to the right of that can be seen, which is the stone circle.

Walking down between these two large stones, a further large stone stump is seen.

When the lower large stone is reached, which is just a few yards to the east of the circle remains, a further stump is seen just a bit further on.

Closer inspection on the way back up the hill revealed another stone stump above the upper large stone, which makes up a fairly reasonable alignment of 5 stones in a row, which sort of joins between the jumbled stone remains on the top of the hill with the stone circle.

At the same grid reference as that given above, Coflein NPRN 307980 records an 'erect monolith' which is 55m to the NW of a stone circle (see nearby sites below). The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for Gray Hill Stone Circle, Llanfair Discoed, Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy), which includes a description of the stones in this immediate area, plus photographs and a list of reference sources for more information.

Update October 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Gray Hill, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated stone circle/kerbed cairn (from a recent survey in May 2018), photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, access information and a list on online resources for more information.
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Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by Bladup : Gray Hill stone row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Grey or Gray Hill, Monmouthshire. The upper of the large standing stones at ST437936 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Plan of Gray Hill stone row (Source: GPS survey by Sandy Gerrard). Stone row shown black and stone circle red. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by caradoc68 : This is the first of three stones that could be a possible stone row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by BlueCalx : Site in Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy): Shot showing the second stone in context - this one clears the bracken, but is still obscured from the main path on the hill top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by BlueCalx : Site in Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) Wales: One of the only standing stones we could find on the hilltop due to the bracken.

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by Penbron : Grey Hill Standing Stone

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : View looking down the row from the upper large stone towards the Bristol Channel. Sept 2020

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Much of the top of the hill has become very overgrown, and it was initially difficult to find the way through to the stone row leading down to the circle. I disturbed at least three fallow deer on my way through. However, much of the bracken and gorse on the slopes of the hillside has been cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row. This is the upper of the large stones. ...

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Much of the top of the hill has become very overgrown, and it was initially difficult to find the way through to the stone row leading down to the circle. I disturbed at least three fallow deer on my way through. However, much of the bracken and gorse on the slopes of the hillside has been cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row. This is the upper of the large stones, viewe...

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Much of the bracken and gorse on the slopes of the hillside has been cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row, however finding the intermediate stumps was not so easy. Sept 2020

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain : Much of the bracken and gorse on the slopes of the hillside has been cleared, so it was easy to find the big stones of the row. This is the lower of the large stones, beside the circle. Sept 2020

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 6. View from east with kerbed cairn in the background (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 6 measures 0.95m long by 0.49m wide, stands 1.66m high and is orientated at 275°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 5 measures 1m long by 0.53m wide, stands 0.36m high and is orientated at 302°. View from east (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 4 (in front of ranging rod) measures 0.66m long by 0.13m wide, stands 0.12m high and is orientated at 285°. View from north (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 3 measures 0.50m long by 0.40m wide, stands 0.05m high and is orientated at 223°. View from south (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 2 measures 0.94m long by 0.47m wide, stands 2.04m high and is orientated at 303°. View from south west (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Stone 1 measures 0.30m long by 0.20m wide, stands 0.19m high and is orientated at 297°. View from south west (Scale 1m).

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : Looking north west along the row.

Gray Hill stone row
Gray Hill stone row submitted by SandyG : The two large orthostats. View from north west (Scale 1m).

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Re: Gray Hill Stone 1 by Anonymous on Sunday, 06 February 2022
Here’s a little musical tribute inspired by the split lith atop of Gray Hill, one of the best views in the region.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_36HVb8ioI
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Re: Gray Hill Stone 1 by coldrum on Saturday, 26 December 2020
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Coflein site entry:

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/307980/details/gray-hill-standing-stone
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Re: Gray Hill Stone 1 by sem on Wednesday, 31 May 2017
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OS grid ref (Archwilio) ST43769357 [checked against SID. correct]
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Re: Gray Hill Stone 1 by The_Lone_Penmen on Saturday, 17 August 2002
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With it's back to the hills of Wales and facing across the Severn Estuary, Grey Hill is a superb location. Beautiful, tranquil and inspirational are but three words to describe the place. Was this an outpost for the Silurian tribes awaiting an attack from the east? It's a bit of a steep climb in places, but worth it for the views and tranquility. We intend to submit a picture. More soon.
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