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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gwyddfryniau stone circleCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.831 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Tywyn Nearest Village: Bryncrug
Map Ref: SH5933704229
Latitude: 52.617558N Longitude: 4.079175W
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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Stone Circle in Gwynedd
There are 5 stones that lie on the arc of a circle (see photos).
4 of the stones are spaced approximately 6m apart. There would probably have been 2 more stones between stones marked "1" and "2". There would probably have been a total of 12 or 13 stones.
The circle diameter is approximately 25m.
There is a standing stone near by (Gwyddfryniau standing stone) approximately 55 to 60m away to the southwest.
Gwyddfryniau standing stone, the centre of this circle, and the summit of Cadair Idris (by a very long way, the most prominent point on the horizon) are on a perfect straight line alignment on a bearing of 49⁰ east of North, which is 4⁰ further east than northeast.
On the summer solstice, from a viewpoint at the circle centre, the sun will appear to rise from behind the summit of Cadair Idris.
With luck, I'll be able to get photos of this on the next summer solstice.
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