<< Our Photo Pages >> Ysbyty Cynfyn - Stone Circle in Wales in Ceredigion
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ysbyty Cynfyn Alternative Name: Ysptty CynfynCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 5.495 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Ceredigion Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth Nearest Village: Ponterwyd
Map Ref: SN75257908 Landranger Map Number: 135
Latitude: 52.395479N Longitude: 3.834825W
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
The roughly circular churchyard has a surrounding wall into which are set five upright stones, at least one of which is almost certainly in its original position (see separate submission). Some of the other stones are not sunk into socket holes and have masonry below implying that they may not be in their original positions.
Regardless of whether this site represents the authentic remains of a Bronze Age stone circle, Ysbyty Cynfyn is well worth visiting: it is an impressive and evocative monument in its own right.
This readily accessible site is situated alongside the A4120 running south from Ponterwyd towards Devil's Bridge. The circle is not marked as an antiquity on recent OS maps but the church itself is easily found.
For more information see Coflein NPRN 303658. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Ysbyty Cynfyn Stone Circle, Powys, Wales, which gives us background information about the church and the monastic hospital run by the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem. The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for further information.
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