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Submitted by PAB on Thursday, 16 August 2007 Page Views: 7876

Modern SitesSite Name: The Millenium Stone Alternative Name: National Botanic Garden of Wales
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.162 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Carmarthenshire Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Llanarthney Nearest Village: Ammanford
Map Ref: SN52201810
Latitude: 51.841886N Longitude: 4.146842W
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**The Millenium Stone** submitted by pab : Millenium Stone, used in the attempted move from Pembrokeshire to Stonehenge in 2000. The Panel includes a photograph of the attempt and details of its end in Milford Haven. A large Bluestone from the Preseli Hills has been erected nearby. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Modern Stone in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin). The three-tonne Millenium Stone from west Wales, which failed to make it to Stonehenge, has been taken to its final resting place. The millennium stone was at the centre of a lottery-funded project to recreate the efforts of Stonehenge's founders two years ago.

The original scheme was scuppered when the stone sank off the Welsh coast just 17 miles into the 240-mile journey from the Preseli mountains in Pembrokeshire to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.

The eight-foot tall stone lay on the quayside in Milford Haven since being retrieved by Navy divers until it was moved to the National Botanic Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire on Thursday.

It now forms part of an exhibition at the gardens.

"The stone has been placed on its side on a plinth to show it was the one that made the journey," said Owen Jenkins, from the garden.

Source: BBC News.

Note: Remember this 'ill fated' modern stone?
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