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Pen Cerrig-calch
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2007
Pen Cerrig-calch submitted by pab on 11th Apr 2007. Cairn 1 as defined on the RCAHMW site, their reference "NPRN:306291, A centrally disturbed cairn, 16.5m in diameter and 1.1-2.5m high.". Glorious views across Llangattock and the ridge to the south.
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Coed Ynys Faen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2007
Coed Ynys Faen submitted by pab on 11th Apr 2007. Coed Ynys-faen, Stone 2, with track above.
After a very difficult clamber through the bracken and brambles on the steep hillside above the road, this stone was visible roughly in the position next to the track on the RCAHMW map for Stone 2. It was obvious that constructing the track above it had caused so much material to be displaced that it was almost completely covered.
I doubt whether it would be possible to get through most of the year - I happened to be there after a dry spell, be...
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Newbridge on Wye
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2007
Newbridge on Wye submitted by pab on 12th Apr 2007. Newbridge-on-Wye: Pen y bont Standing Stone.
Stopped at this today, 12 April 2007, and it seems to have settled slightly since Shropshire Traveller's picture in 2005. It is difficult to be absolutely sure, but the angle of the holes on this face certainly seem slightly more acute, and the surrounding ground is definitely showing the signs of livestock using it for shelter.
RCAHMW reports it as having been found in a hedge in about 1910, so perhaps it was moved to its current location ...
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Cerrig Duon stone circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2008
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by pab on 2nd Jan 2008. Newly split stones. Just north of Cerrig Duon, there are many split and/or splitting stones scattered around. Fascinated (but not very knowledgeable) as I am by geology, I particularly liked this one which had obviously come apart fairly recently, as the 2 parts fitted together perfectly.
I assume that the severe temperature changes up here mean that frost can get into the layers in the sedimentary rocks and eventually erode & split them apart? This one was about 1m long, in a stream near...
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Llyn y Fan Fawr
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2008
Llyn y Fan Fawr submitted by pab on 20th Apr 2008. Line of harder rock is clearly visible in this picture (Feb 08) a quarter of the way down Carmarthen Fan northern slope.
When the ice retreated north from the Beacons, much of this material will have been deposited on the lower levels - presumably it will have withstood erosion down there in the same way as it has on the slopes?
Will this not explain the many layered stones doted around north of the ridges?
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Pen Maen Wern
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2008
Pen Maen Wern submitted by pab on 4th Aug 2008. This view of the massive 1.5m x 1.4m white quartz stone looks NW over Claerwen Reservoir. Taken 3 Aug 2008 - sorry that I forgot to set the walking pole measure to 1m for the photo!
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Waun Lydan
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2008
Waun Lydan submitted by pab on 4th Aug 2008. Waun Lydan, Powys. Quartz-streaked menhir strategically placed to be in sight of some very distant prehistoric features.
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Drygarn Fawr
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2008
Drygarn Fawr submitted by pab on 19th Oct 2008. Quartz topping to the eastern cairn.
Visible for miles when the sun is on it - beautiful place, but the warnings by kiri and others about boggy ground are certainly justified.
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Beddau Folau Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Beddau Folau Chambered Cairn submitted by PAB on 2nd Oct 2010. Beddau Folau Cairn, showing its location on the plateau above the Elan Valley, looking south.
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Carreg Bica Cairn
Date Added: 29th Dec 2010
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2010
Carreg Bica Cairn submitted by PAB on 5th Oct 2010. Carreg Bica - general view, looking southeast. The shape of the barrow is clear and striking, providing excellent panoramic views.
The stone cairn is clearly a fairly 'modern' construct - and the marker is one of the boundary markers which go right round the Elan Valley Estate - about 65 miles apparently.
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Twyn-y-Gaer (Trallong)
Date Added: 5th Aug 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 29th Jul 2010
Twyn-y-Gaer (Trallong) submitted by pab on 5th Aug 2011. Twyn y Gaer, July 2010
Image from Aberbran, 1mile SE.
COFLEIN reports the site as:
"A univallate, sub-oval enclosure, set on the summit of a mountain spur. It is subdivided by a scarp and ditch with a central entrance. There are remains of subsidiary enclosures, fields or paddocks, to the south-west, covering an area of about100m by 80m. An embanked trackway leads away to the north-west."
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Log Text: Viewed from campsite at Aberbran in the evening sunlight while we were in the Beacons for the 2010 Portal day, so this image was taken from 1 mile away.
No comments possible on access/condition etc for the site itself, but hopefully we will visit again sometime in the future.
Ty'n Y Pant Stone
Date Added: 7th Aug 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2010
Ty'n Y Pant Stone submitted by pab on 7th Aug 2011. Ty'n Y Pant Stone. The dragonfly is of course one of the oldest surviving creatures, so it seemed only right for us to wait until he had soaked up some sunshine.
He obviously thinks Ty'n Y Pant Stone is worthy of close inspection...anyone know otherwise?
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Bedd Crynddyn
Date Added: 19th Jan 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bedd Crynddyn submitted by postman on 17th Jan 2014. With Craig Rhiwarth and fort beyond
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Craig Rhiwarth
Date Added: 19th Jan 2014
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Craig Rhiwarth submitted by postman on 17th Jan 2014. The eastern cliffs keep this fort impeccably safe.
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Marteg Valley
Date Added: 29th Apr 2016
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Marteg Valley submitted by Bladup on 11th Apr 2016. Marteg Valley Kerb cairn.
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Maengwyngweddew
Date Added: 29th Apr 2016
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Maengwyngweddew submitted by TimPrevett on 15th Aug 2005. Have you ever tried looking for a squat white standing stone, about 85cm tall, with uncertain directions, and a mountainside of sheep? Not easy. This took me two attempts. An aborted attempt on my birthday left me disappointed and frustrated, wishing I'd purchased the 1:25000, and not the 1:50000. Sob sob.
Thankfully, my family had pity upon me, and I returned a couple days later with new attitude and closer studying of the 1:50000 and guide book. This fresh approach helped me find this quartz...
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Llan-Wysg Well
Date Added: 1st Apr 2017
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Llan-Wysg Well submitted by coin on 28th Mar 2017. Image of Llan-Wysg Well
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St Cattwg's Church (Llanspyddid)
Date Added: 28th Aug 2019
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2019
St Cattwg's Church (Llanspyddid) submitted by geoffstickland on 30th May 2019. The ancient stone stands in the main churchyard amongst modern monuments
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The Hanging Stone (Pembrokeshire)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2006
The Hanging Stone (Pembrokeshire) submitted by pab on 3rd May 2006. The Hanging Stone, Pembrokeshire, looking wonderful at the May Day weekend with the gorse and hawthorne blossom.
Thanks to the site for letting me know about yet another gem on our doorstep.
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Carreg Samson, Abercastle
Date Added: 30th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2006
Carreg Samson, Abercastle submitted by pab on 26th Jun 2006. Confirming both the photo and the site as worthy winner of the Spring 2006 prize!
We loved the long late afternoon shadows, and the one of the 'principal sheep' made us realise that many ancient animal drawings make more sense if thought of as shadow tracings? The theory falls down rather for cave paintings though!
One wonderful thing about this site is the fact that there is a 'CL' campsite next to the field - what a view to wake up to!
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