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<< Our Photo Pages >> Graianog Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by gautrek on Saturday, 02 January 2016  Page Views: 13554

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Graianog Standing Stone Alternative Name: Graeanog
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Clynnog Fawr
Map Ref: SH45524918
Latitude: 53.017562N  Longitude: 4.304367W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
4

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Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Graianog Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone with a couple of cairns nearby. Its very close to a path so you can get a good view with out having to enter the field.
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Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Graianog Standing Stone. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by rogerkread : Graianog and the spendour of its situation. Closer to it are various very unattractive modern 'workings', however. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman : The stone on the edge of the mountains (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman : Sometime way back in 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman : Rainbow, menhir and an aerial

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman : Sometime way back in 2006

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by postman : Ring cairn and Big stone beyond

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by gautrek : Another view of the stone.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Northern kerbstones of the Northern [Kerb] cairn with Graianog Standing Stone behind.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : The Southern cairn looking North to Foel and it's fort.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Graianog Standing Stone looking North.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Kerbstones of the Northern [Kerb] cairn looking South West towards Bwlch Mawr.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Graianog Standing Stone looking East.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by Bladup : Kerbstones of the Northern [kerb] cairn with Graianog Standing Stone behind, The hill in the distance on the left of the photo is Mynydd Graig Goch.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by rogerkread : Not a good photo, but does show the larger of the two adjacent cairns and the stone's position relative to it.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Trying to get all three monuments in here - standing stone - obvious; western cairn to the right of, and wall incorporated into; southwestern cairn to the far end of the line of the wall showing as a green mound.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : The SW cairn, less obvious, but is near the gate to the field of the standing stone.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the SW; amazing landscape. (1 comment)

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Looking east, cairn in foreground.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the NE and the western cairn, the near side of the wall and standing stone.

Graianog Standing Stone
Graianog Standing Stone submitted by gautrek : A shot taken on a nice hot summers day.

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Re: Getting to Graianog Standing Stone by Bladup on Saturday, 02 January 2016
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Some wooden steps have been built to get over the fence [to the standing stone] from the footpath, So access is now very easy indeed.
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Re: Graianog Standing Stone & Cairns by TimPrevett on Sunday, 15 April 2007
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A clip on YouTube from last Wednesday - fantastic sunny day

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Re: Graianog Standing Stone by TimPrevett on Saturday, 14 April 2007
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There are two cairns right next to this stone; one has part of the ring of kerbing incorporated into the field boundary.
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