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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bedd Arthur Alternative Name: Arthur's Grave, Beddarthur
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Cardigan  Nearest Village: Mynachlog-ddu
Map Ref: SN13053251  Landranger Map Number: 145
Latitude: 51.959559N  Longitude: 4.722336W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : 09.00am summer solstice, 12 years ago exactly I was last here, but with my ten year old daughter, she never complained once about the distance we walked, I miss my small children. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This so-called stone circle lies overlooking the Bluestones outcrop of Carn Meini, Pembrokeshire. It is actually oval or horse-shoe shaped leading to speculation that it may have been this site which influenced the original horseshoe of Bluestones at Stonehenge.

Translated as 'The Grave of Arthur', it comprises thirteen small standing stones along with two or three more now fallen. Some believe it may be a henge - as it lies adjacent to the ancient trackway which runs to Carn Meini (and then on to the hillfort of Foel Drygarn) this would make sense. Access is via this ancient trackway (now a public footpath) with a reasonably gentle walk over from Carn Meini.
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Bedd Arthur submitted by postman : I tried to catch the summer solstice sunrise here, but it took longer than I anticipated to get here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by cerrig : Taken on the day of MPP's talk in the summer. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Preseli360 : When checking the alignment of the central stone I noticed its top edge was similar in shape to Foel Drygarn, it was only when i uploaded the photo to my computer did I notice the tallest stone of Bedd Arthur points towards the very top of Foel Drygarn when viewed from here also... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by PaulM : A close up of some of the stones in the setting known as Bedd Arthur, located close to the Bluestones outcrop of Carn Meini. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : I did not know Arthur Askey was buried here (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : Did those ancient Stonehengineers walk these grassy slopes?

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : Surely the most elliptical stone circle in Britain.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Horatio : Bedd Arthur consists of a barely visible oval bank and ditch, with thirteen standing stones, none higher than 60 centimetres arranged inside along with two further fallen stones. The stone layout measures around 20 by 10 metres. The shape is not well defined and is generally described as sub-rectangular but has been described as a rectangle, a horseshoe, an oval and a pointed ellipse. Such arrang...

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Bladup : Bedd Arthur.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by vicky : The tallest stone of Bedd Arthur with the Bluestone outcrop of Carn Meini in the background. (1 comment)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by PaulM : Another view of Bedd Arthur with the Bluestones outcrop of Carn Meini in the background. (4 comments)

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Couplands : Looking east over site

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Horatio : Who needs Stonehenge when we've got this, I might even set up a ticket office nearby. The atmospherically sited Bedd Arthur in the Preseli hills. These stones where supposedly arranged on a mound but this has since collapsed/eroded and disappeared and hence left the stones leaning inwards. I deem only one thing really aesthetically wrong with this neolithic site, if those stones were 6 or 7f...

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Endpaper1 : Bedd Arthur - Arthur's Grave. Eye-shaped stone circle at SN 130325. Situated on an ancient track known as the "Golden Road", running along the ridge of the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire. Photograph taken on a long distance walk along old drover tracks - 7 July 2021

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : The odd one out?

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : Carn Bica in the background

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Postman : Let's go fly a kite Up to the highest height! Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear All at once you're lighter than air You can dance on the breeze

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Bedd Arthur submitted by PERKYPUFFIN : The tallest stone of the two hemispherical lines. If you go there, look at the bottom inner side (north) of this stone. There looks like a bottom carving. I cannot make out the image but it looks a bit like an eagle or a bird with wings outstretched. Post what you think.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by Horatio : Bedd Arthur in the centre of the photo to show its actual setting/environment. This was taken from Carn Bica, overlooking the circle.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by TheDuke : Bedd Arthur stone circle looking up towards Carn Bica.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by TheDuke : Bedd Arthur or Arthur's Grave. Well worth the hike up Carn Bica to see in the flesh.

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Bedd Arthur submitted by PAB : Bedd Arthur, looking eastwards towards Carn Menyn and Foel Drygarn. January 2015

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Bedd Arthur submitted by PAB : Bedd Arthur, looking up to Carn Bica. January 2015 - yes, honestly!

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Bedd Arthur submitted by muscipula : Arthur's Grave sited on the Preseli Mountains with Caremeini in the background. Caermeini is the original source for bluestone. There is also a sacrificial alter on top of the mountain.

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Re: Bedd Arthur by muscipula on Saturday, 04 April 2015
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It is noted that Crymmch is the nearest village to Bedd Arthur. This is not quite correct, the nearest village lies at to bottom of Cearmeini, Mynachlog-ddu.

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Bedd Arthur defaced with graffiti and other environmental damage across National Park by Andy B on Saturday, 15 October 2011
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Ancient sites and monuments in North Pembrokeshire dating back thousands of years have been blighted with graffiti, broken glass and an abandoned car.

A Bronze Age standing stone in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Bedd Morris and a megalithic stone at Bedd Arthur, both Scheduled Ancient Monuments, have been the focus of police investigation after they were deliberately damaged over the past few weeks.

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority Culture and Heritage Manager Phil Bennett said: “The distinctive arrangement of prehistoric stones at Bedd Arthur stands within the Preseli Hills, which is also a Special Area of Conservation and it’s very unfortunate that they have been defaced.

“The stone at Bedd Arthur had names scratched into it, whilst the six foot plus Bedd Morris standing stone was hit by a vehicle and knocked over.

Park Authority Ranger (North) Richard Vaughan also commented: “A car was driven up an old trackway below the Iron Age fort of Carn Ffoi on Carn Ingli mountain and abandoned. The sump broke and a 200m black slick of oil contaminated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

“The black BMW was a left on a bridleway, and is popular access route for locals and visitors alike.

“I’ve also had to clean up a popular parking site on Dinas mountain covered in empty bottles and smashed glass on the surrounding rocky area. There are grazing animals in the immediate area, and potential for harm to walkers.”

Off-roading on protected areas on the Preseli Hills, Dinas and Newport Mountain is always an issue, ranging from small motorbikes and off-road vehicles. There has also been household and garden rubbish dumped, from single bags up to a lorry load.

The Rangers have also noticed an increase in the dumping of hazardous waste, including asbestos.

A Cadw spokesperson said: “Scheduled Ancient Monuments are legally protected, and damaging them is a criminal activity. These prehistoric sites have been here for thousands of years. Cadw will be working with the National Park Authority and site owners to make good the damage as much as possible, although damage to historic sites is in most cases, irreversible.”

Source: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk/default.asp?PID=67&NewsItem=1230
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Re: Bedd Arthur by mountainman on Sunday, 16 January 2011
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I have always thought that Bedd Arthur is not a "ritual circle" or sub-rectangular enclosure at all, but the remains of a small portal dolmen. The outline is clearly oval, not circular, and one end of the oval is chopped off -- just like the portal end of a portal dolmen. Pentre Ifan comes to mind. The small stones on the periphery all lean in towards the centre -- as if they had been laid originally onto the flanks of a mound (which has now gone). Was there originally a passage grave in the middle? Should there be a cromlech there? Maybe it's collapsed and buried under the turf -- I don't know of any proper excavations. Or maybe the monoliths used for the chamber have simply been taken away by local farmers? We know they used this area in the 1700's and 1800's as a quarry for gateposts and lintels etc.
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Re: Bedd Arthur by coldrum on Monday, 11 January 2010
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Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/284/details/BEDD+ARTHUR%2C+PREHISTORIC+RITUAL+SITE/
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