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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Llain y MaenCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Map Ref: SH7025245687
Latitude: 52.992752N Longitude: 3.934521W
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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Situated within the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog the stone lies along Wynne Ave, 100m+ to the north of the town's health centre. Although not a standing stone exactly this unassuming boulder, passed by pedestrians and motorists daily, does have an interesting pedigree and as such it deserves its location at this spot and, in my view, a place on the Megalithic Portal map.
As you may be aware Blaenau Ffestiniog town developed in the frist half of the 19th century during the heyday of the Welsh Slate industry. Prior to this the area was sparsely populated with a few homesteads scattered along the mountainside. One such homestead was Maenofferen farm which was located at this spot and it is believed that this stone was one of several stones that formed an earlier monument on the landscape. The farm burnt down during the 19th century and Maenofferen Chappel replaced it as the town developed. Today the area consists of private and supported housing with the stone occupying a low verge at the enteance of a supported housing car park. Maenofferen means 'many stones or stone mass' indicating the possibility of a prehistoric stone circle, and local legend states that this stone was an offering/sacrificial stone at the centre of the circle. As a further endorsement the exact spot where this stone lies has its own official place name. It is called Llain y Maen - the Place of the Stone or Stone Site in English.
The stone measures 1.6m at its longest with a depth of 1.4m and its height is 0.8m.
An unassuming yet interesting stone.
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