<< Our Photo Pages >> Tyn'r y selar - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in West Glamorgan
Submitted by hamish on Monday, 22 August 2005 Page Views: 9217
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tyn'r y selar Alternative Name: Samson's Stone, Ty-Du, Ty'n-Y-CellarCountry: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Porthcawl Nearest Village: Pyle
Map Ref: SS80248374
Latitude: 51.539815N Longitude: 3.728239W
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 |
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Come off the A48 at the B4248 drive past the golf course and under the railway bridge, there is a layby here. Walk back under the bridge and on for about 100mtrs, there is a field gate on the left, the stone is at the far side of the field. There was no one about to ask so I crossed the field, which had not long been harvested. It is a magnificent stone possibly 8ft high. St Samson is supposed to have thrown this from Margam Hill, why, who knows?
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