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Carn Bica
Date Added: 3rd Sep 2015
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2015
Carn Bica submitted by PAB on 3rd Sep 2015. Carn Bica, or rather its stony-faced guardian...
January 2015
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Ffynnon Wnda
Date Added: 5th Sep 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2015
Ffynnon Wnda submitted by PAB on 4th Sep 2015. Ffynnon Wnda, in June 2011. At this stage, the well wasn't as obscured as shown in rogerkread's photos from July 2015. His photos showed it looking so sad that I looked back at my earlier ones.
It's a bit worrying if it's now being looked after, as it is such a lovely setting.
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St Gwyndaf Stones
Date Added: 5th Sep 2015
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2015
St Gwyndaf Stones submitted by PAB on 4th Sep 2015. Detail of the inscribed stone featuring a face. We were fortunate to visit when the sun was showing the detail at its best, this photo taken June 2011.
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Carn Wnda.
Date Added: 5th Sep 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2015
Carn Wnda. submitted by PAB on 4th Sep 2015. Carn Wnda, with my '5ft marker' for scale...
June 2011
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White House (Treglemais)
Date Added: 24th Nov 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
White House (Treglemais) submitted by Postman on 12th Nov 2015. Apparently never been excavated.
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Bedd yr Afanc
Date Added: 20th Mar 2021
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2021
Bedd yr Afanc submitted by PAB on 19th Mar 2021. Bedd yr Afanc passage grave, not the most impressive example in itself, but located in a very impressive setting, and within an easy walk from where we were camping, always a bonus!
Photo: July 2018
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Rhos Y Beddau (Circle)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 10th Mar 2007
Rhos Y Beddau (Circle) submitted by pab on 10th Mar 2007. Along with Shopshire Traveller's and COFLEIN's descriptions, this picture taken in Aug 2006 may help Portal visitors locate the site - but I have to admit I went to see the waterfall, not knowing what other gems were nearby!
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Sgwd Gwladus Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2007
Sgwd Gwladus Stone submitted by pab on 12th Mar 2007. Sgwd Gwladus Stone.
This magnificent stone is above the Sgwd Gwladus waterfall.
It does not seem to be the 'Logan' or Rocking Stone shown on the OS Map - at least, we couldn't get this one to rock! It therefore seem to justify a mention in its own right.
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Crug Hywel
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2007
Crug Hywel submitted by pab on 9th Apr 2007. The fort is located on the well-named Table Mountain, whose benefits are clear from this picture which shows the ramparts on the eastern flank.
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Golden Grove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2007
Golden Grove submitted by pab on 9th Apr 2007. Llangenny Stone, Easter 2007, looking West across to the river (Grwyne Fawr)
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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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