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Llanddowror Standing stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Nov 2008
Llanddowror Standing stone submitted by pab on 3rd Nov 2008. Slender and modest standing stone which is on the flood-plain of the river Taf near St Clears (not to be confused with the slightly larger river Taff running through Cardiff!).
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Cross Stones, Llanddowror
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 2009
Cross Stones, Llanddowror submitted by pab on 31st Jan 2009. Both 'cross stones' referred to by COFLEIN, the nearer (easterly) one being larger and sporting a much clearer cross marking.
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Llandawke Inscribed Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 2009
Llandawke Inscribed Stone submitted by pab on 31st Jan 2009. Side view of the Ogham and Latin script.
Mary Curtis' book contains some very clear sketches of both scripts...well worth looking out for a copy of her work, which was produced as a facsimile by the former Dyyed County Council.
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Carn Fadog
Date Added: 24th Jul 2011
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2011
Carn Fadog submitted by pab on 23rd Jul 2011. Carn Fadog, described by COFLEIN as being damaged and hollowed out.
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Log Text: Visited on 23rd July while on a 'field visit' walk organised by the South Wales Geologists' Association, led by Alan Bowring.
Focus for the walk was the local geology and industrial archaeology, so we didn't get up to the cairn itself and I cannot therefore report how damaged its centre now is. Definitely worth a walk though - we started from car park next to playground in Ystradowen SN752124 and did a circular 9 mile route via Bryn-henllys Bridge, mainly using the routes of old tramways once used in local quarrying activities.
There are some very boggy stretches - expect many little diversions to avoid!
Derlwyn Isaf
Date Added: 24th Jul 2011
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2011
Derlwyn Isaf submitted by pab on 24th Jul 2011. Derlwyn Isaf Cairn.
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Log Text: Visited on 23rd July while on a 'field visit' walk organised by the South Wales Geologists' Association, led by Alan Bowring.
We got to this towards the end of a 9 mile circular walk, but it could be reached fairly easily without doing all that - we started from car park next to playground in Ystradowen SN752124. The area around the hillock on which the cairn sits was (and probably is normally) very boggy.
Top Castle, Eglwyscummin
Date Added: 21st Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2011
Top Castle, Eglwyscummin submitted by pab on 5th Aug 2011. Top Castle. Photo taken 14 Aug 2010
Iron Age Hillfort located above Marros Sands, on the border between Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
The access path can be seen zig-zagging its way up the hillside, looking from the west.
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Garreg Garn Fair
Date Added: 11th Mar 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2012
Garreg Garn Fair submitted by pab on 11th Mar 2012. Photo taken on 8th of March 2012.
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Garn fawr (Carmarthenshire)
Date Added: 12th Mar 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2012
Garn fawr (Carmarthenshire) submitted by pab on 11th Mar 2012. Image taken 8 March 2012
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St Martin's Church (Laugharne)
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2015
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2015
St Martin's Church (Laugharne) submitted by PAB on 21st Sep 2015. 10th Century Cross. Lit from the adjacent stained glass window.
Sept 2015
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Maen Melyn, Llanybri
Date Added: 29th Oct 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015
Maen Melyn, Llanybri submitted by PAB on 5th Oct 2015. Maen Melyn.
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St Clydwen's Church Cross Stone
Date Added: 29th Apr 2016
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
St Clydau's Church submitted by LindaN on 14th Apr 2016. Solinus, Eternus and Dobitucus Stones photographed inside the church.
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Maes-y-Castell
Date Added: 15th Jan 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Maes-y-Castell submitted by Horatio on 4th Nov 2024. View from the north
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St Eilian's Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2007
St Eilian's Well submitted by pab on 9th May 2007. The location of St Eilian's Well/Spring, looking up from the beach. The Spring flows from a cleft in the large rock face on the left of the picture, so ignore the main stream!
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Penrhos-Feilw
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2007
Penrhos-Feilw submitted by pab on 9th May 2007. Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
View through the Penrhos Feilw Stones to the Hut Circles (Cytiau'r Gwyddelod) on Holyhead Mountain (whose GR is SH21368215 in case anyone wants to see if the line goes through anywhere else significant)?
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St Seiriol's Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2007
St Seiriol's Well submitted by pab on 9th May 2007. Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Walled gardens are always intriguing, and this one was an absolute haven.
The English version of the plaque reads: "This well is traditionally associated with St Seirol who lived in the 6th century AD. The lower part of the well chamber and the nearby oval hut may go back to early Christian times, but the masonry above was rebuilt in the 18th century." (CADW)
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Lledwigan
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2007
Lledwigan submitted by pab on 9th May 2007. Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
This was the nearest I was able to get to this stone in an otherwise wonderful weekend - across a significant stream and several fields away! Firmly in private land, and insufficient time to locate the owner to ask permission ... something for another visit perhaps.
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Werthyr
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2007
Werthyr submitted by pab on 10th May 2007. Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
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As with several local sites, no-one was available to ask permission to get much closer, but worth a brief halt to look!
COFLEIN reports this Menhir to be:
"Situated within enclosed pasture about 200m to the NE of Werthyr Farm, the standing stone measures about 3m in height, 1.8m in thickness from NE to SW by 0.8m in width. Several packing stones are visible around its base.
Source: Cadw scheduling description."
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Hirdre-faig
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2007
Hirdre-faig submitted by pab on 10th May 2007. Site in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Set in enclosed pasture, this is the 'North Face', showing the extent of undermining by livestock.
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Dinas Gynfor
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2007
Dinas Gynfor submitted by pab on 10th May 2007. Dinas Gynfor, location of Hillfort from the east. COFLEIN notes that the location has natural defences on 3 sides, with a rampart constructed between crags on the landward slope to complete the defences.
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Porth Newydd
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2007
Porth Newydd submitted by pab on 10th May 2007. The natural erratic at Porth Newydd near Fynnon Eilian, looking eastwards towards Point Lynas.
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