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Gray Hill stone row
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Gray Hill stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Apr 2004. Grey Hill or Gray Hill Stone Row, Monmouthshire, ST437936 - ST438935
Looking to the south down the hill, is a fairly reasonable alignment of 5 stones in a row, which sort of joins between the jumbled stone remains on the top of the hill and the stone circle.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 42871 93864. From here cross the road and follow the track that starts at ST 42884 93940. At ST 43270 93715 take the footpath leading up the very steep hill and follow this to ST 43641 93659. Head downhill from here to the row.
Gray Hill circle
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Gray Hill circle submitted by sem on 6th May 2013. Vandalism!
The idiot who sprayed this hand-print probably thought he was being very clever and somehow "enhancing" the work of his ancestors. The sane and sensible among us will view it for what it is, graffiti.
This has been reported to the relevant archaeo trust. Unfortunately I doubt the culprit will be found..... unless anyone knows of someone bragging on a social network site????
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 42871 93864. From here cross the road and follow the track that starts at ST 42884 93940. At ST 43270 93715 take the footpath leading up the very steep hill and follow this to ST 43641 93659. Head downhill from here to the row. The kerbed cairn/stone circle can be found at the lower end of the row.
Gray Hill summit cairn
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Gray Hill summit cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Apr 2004. Grey Hill or Gray Hill, Monmouthshire. Cairn atop hill at ST434936
Right on the top of the hill, with spectacular views all around is the remains of an ancient, but well worn cairn. I could have been imagining it, but did this cairn once have a kerbed ring around it, and some internal structures ?
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 42871 93864. From here cross the road and follow the track that starts at ST 42884 93940. At ST 43270 93715 take the footpath leading up the very steep hill. You will know you have arrived when there is no more hill to climb.
Harolds Stones
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Harolds Stones submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jul 2018. Harolds Stones, 3rd July 2018.
They are bigger than I remember them being - perhaps they have grown in this fine summer weather.
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Log Text: Parking is available in the village at SO 50081 05283. From here walk carefully south along the road to the stones.
Arthog Standing Stones
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Arthog Standing Stones submitted by Postman on 12th Oct 2012. A confusing set of stones, reminds of somewhere in Ireland.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SH 65755 14316. Walk south along the public highway to SH 65863 14226. From here head south along a footpath to SH 65545 13823. Then head west to SH 65288 13938. The row is in the field on your left and can be seen clearly. Permission to enter the field will need to be sought locally.
Originally interpreted as a stone circle, the surviving evidence best fits the idea that this is a kerbed cairn associated with a truncated stone alignment. It has been suggested by Lynch that stones C and D “may have been moved when the monument was incorporated into a field wall” (Lynch, 1995, 56). Whilst this suggestion cannot be wholly refuted, the stones stand some distance from the former field wall and tantalisingly the form of the site is very reminiscent of the stone alignments at Lakehead Hill East and Merrivale 3, where stones of earlier stone rows had been partly incorporated into a later cairn. On balance, the lack of any evidence to support the field wall interpretation combined with the powerful parallels lends considerable support to the hypothesis that this site represents a stone alignment. Final confirmation, as with so many rows, may only be possible after excavation.
Rhos Hafotty Carneddau
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Rhos Hafotty Carneddau submitted by JohnnyP on 25th Feb 2007. Stone 2 Looking south towards Cadair Idris, located at SH66421363 around 3 ft high.
These stones did take a while to locate due to other debris. There is a cairn nearby.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SH 65755 14316. Walk south along the public highway to SH 66364 13644. From here head south east to stone 1. Avoid the bog between stones 1 and 2.
Bryn Seward Stone Row
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Bryn Seward Stone Row submitted by JohnnyP on 27th Feb 2007. This is looking West along Fford Ddu.
Starting from Llwyngwril travelling NE, on the journey to see the Row I managed to view the Stones at Gwastadgeod, Waun Oer Stone Row, Carreg y Big, Planwydd Helyg Standing Stone, Rhos Hafotty Standing Stones & take in the glourious view of Cadair Idris from Llyn Gregennan.
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Log Text: The row is situated adjacent to the public highway. Whilst there is no formal car parking available you may be able to find a space to park. Do not leave your vehicle here unattended as the area is frequently used for nearby forestry operations.
Waun Oer
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Waun Oer submitted by JAL on 14th Aug 2006. This stone alignment is of at least 4 stones. It is in an enclosed field but the gate from the public road nearby appears to be left permanently open. This view is from the south west. Stone 1 is standing, stone 2 has fallen and 3 & 4 are standing.
Please see my personal profile page re this submission.
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Log Text: Road side car parking is available at SH 61663 11204. From here walk along the road leading north east for about 100m. Access to the field is via a gateway. The stones are visible from the gateway.
Garreg round cairn
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Garreg round cairn submitted by SandyG on 5th Jan 2019. The cairn is very obvious but difficult to photograph in this light. It is situated between the promontory on the left and and standing stone on the right. View from north.
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Log Text: The cairn can be seen from the road side.
Moel Goedog 8
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Moel Goedog 8 submitted by Thingy on 5th Feb 2010. Moel Geodog 8 or Fonlief Hir, Carreg, looking east immediately after dawn in December 2009.
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Log Text: The stone stands close to the public highway.
Moel Goedog 7
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Moel Goedog 7 submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Jan 2018. The second stone along the route of the Fonlief Hir ancient trackway is a splendid slab of a stone, much taller than me.
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Log Text: The stone is situated beside the public highway.
Moel Goedog 6
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Moel Goedog 6 submitted by JohnnyP on 23rd Feb 2007. Moel Goedog 6 & surrounding landscape.Rhinog Fawr & Fach in background
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Log Text: This stone can be seen from the public highway.
Moel Goedog 1
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Moel Goedog 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Jan 2018. Stone 1 is a small affair, in the open land to the NE of the road just before the trackway splits into three.
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Log Text: This stone is beside the public highway and there is plenty of parking nearby.
Moel Goedog 2
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Moel Goedog 2 submitted by Postman on 3rd Jul 2016. Oh god are you eating my car?
No BMW jokes please, we've bonded.
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Log Text: Right next to the public highway. Plenty of parking nearby.
Moel Goedog 3
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Moel Goedog 3 submitted by Postman on 3rd Jul 2016. Looking back up to the fort.
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Log Text: The stone is situated next to a footpath.
Moel Goedog 5
Date Added: 5th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Moel Goedog 5 submitted by PaulM on 8th Mar 2004. The 5th standing stone in the moel Goedog complex looking SE towards the southern part of the Snowdonia range.
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Log Text: The stone stands close to a footpath on Public Access land.
Moel Goedog E
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Moel Goedog E submitted by PaulM on 1st Mar 2004. This is the Moel Goedog East circle located at SH61043245.
It has good views over Porthmadog Bay but interestingly the view to the Moel Goesdog W circle just down the hill is partially obscured.
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Log Text: Parking is available at SH 60668 32020. From here follow the footpath northward.
Moel Goedog W
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Moel Goedog W submitted by w650marion on 12th Jul 2018. Just visited this favourite circle of mine and I was so sad to see that the plough has been taken so close to it. This is a comparison of this year's visit to last year's visit .
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Log Text: Recent ploughing up to the edge of the cairn has spoiled its ambience which would otherwise be superb.
Mynydd Clywedog
Date Added: 6th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 1
Mynydd Clywedog submitted by SandyG on 6th Jan 2019. View from above and north of the northern length of the row (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Limited road side car parking is available at SH 91262 13047. From here it is possible to carefully cross the busy A458 and follow the farm road to Braich-llwyd and then the track to access land at SH 90203 13770. From here follow the track northward to the row. Alternatively permission to use the track leading north from Braich-llwyd could be sought at the farm or nearby Talglanau.
Carreg y Big (Arthog)
Date Added: 18th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Carreg y Big (Arthog) submitted by Ogham on 20th Mar 2018. A lonely place in the winter.
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Log Text: None