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Maen Tarw
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maen Tarw submitted by Johnny on 10th Oct 2001. Maen Tarw Standing Stone (SN 722 833)
Maen Tarw standing stone is close to the Buwch a'r Llo stone pair (cf) but just within the forestry block, again adjacent to the road. It is a small block of unusual appearance, probably due to severe weathering over the years! Whatever function it originally served is no longer known but it may have, in some way, been linked to the Buwch a'r Llo pair.
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Buwch a'r Llo
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Buwch a'r Llo submitted by Johnny on 17th Jun 2002. Buwch ar Llo standing stones in Ceredigion
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Log Text: This row is situated next to the public highway and car parking is available next to the eastern stones.
The nearby Maen Tarw may have formed part of the stone row.
Disgwylfa Fach Stone Row
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Disgwylfa Fach Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 10th Jan 2018. Disgwylfa Fach plan (Source: Survey by Sandy Gerrard and Sophie Smith).
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Log Text: Limited road verge car parking is available at SN 72829 83600. From here walk up the farm track to SN 72866 83754. Head east following the fence and cross the small stream. The ground is very uneven so take care. Once across the stream head south east towards the row.
Afon Hyddgen
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Afon Hyddgen submitted by SandyG on 10th Jan 2018. View from south (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SN 77493 87958. Follow road on foot northward to SN 78298 89033. Turn left and follow path towards the bridge at SN 77968 89127. Climb the steep slope and then make your way across open moorland to the row.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lacra Avenue (II)
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Lacra Avenue (II) submitted by LivingRocks on 1st Jun 2005. Looking back along some of the remaining stones of the avenue towards Lacra D.
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Log Text: Parking is available at SD 14256 80685. From here walk carefully along the busy main road to SD 14106 80780. Take the footpath on the right and follow to SD 14880 81350. From here take the track to the row.
Lacra Avenue (I)
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Lacra Avenue (I) submitted by LivingRocks on 1st Jun 2005. The double stone row running ENE from Lacra D.
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Log Text: Parking is available at SD 14256 80685. From here walk carefully along the busy main road to SD 14106 80780. Take the footpath on the right and follow to SD 14880 81350. From here take the track to the row.
The Kirk Stone Row
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
The Kirk Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 9th Jan 2018. View from the south showing the position of The Kirk with a white arrow. The mountains beyond form part of the Lake District.
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Log Text: Limited parking is available at SD 24603 81154. From here cross the road and follow the eastern side of the field boundary leading north to SD 25134 82143. From this point you can either walk straight to the row or follow the footpath to the left to SD 25134 82143 and from there walk along the footpath to the row.
Thimbleby Nine Stones
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Thimbleby Nine Stones submitted by SolarMegalith on 15th Mar 2013. Northern pair of standing stones - view from the south (photo taken on March 2013).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SE 47973 95903. From here follow the trackway south to SE 47978 95640 and take the fork to the right and walk to around SE 47280 95708. From here cross the moorland to the row.
The considerable gap between the two groups of stones means that it is possible that this monument represents the remains of two separate settings. For this reason this site should properly be considered as a possible row.
Simon Howe
Date Added: 9th Jan 2018
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Simon Howe submitted by johndhunter on 17th Oct 2017. Simon Howe - Looking West June 2012
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SE 85635 98207. From here follow the footpath westward.
High Bridestones (Yorks)
Date Added: 8th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
High Bridestones (Yorks) submitted by JimChampion on 7th Dec 2007. August 2007. The High Bridestones, on the moor. Just one of the megaliths is still standing, with small change firmly wedged into its many crevices. A megalithic shambles indeed. The heather in bloom says that it is summer, although the temperature (and wind) on this day was more like winter!
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Log Text: Limited car parking available next to the row at NZ 85048 04719.
Despite the problems associated with determining which stones are natural and which ones were placed it is probable that this is a stone row leading away from one of the two stone circles in this area. The presence of considerable quantities of surface stone means that without excavation it is not possible to be certain that this is a stone row.
Crown End Alignment and Cross Dyke
Date Added: 8th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Crown End Alignment and Cross Dyke submitted by johndhunter on 11th Oct 2017. This view was taken towards the end of the alignment where it runs down towards Baysdale Beck looking back up the Rigg. Photo taken in June 2013
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Log Text: The nearest car parking is available at NZ 65234 07401. From here follow the road up the steep hill to NZ 65753 06988 and then follow the track to the row.
There is a slight chance that this represents the marking out for a cross dyke, but the fact that only a very short length of ditch survives means that it is much more likely to represent a stone row.
Swarth Howe Barrow, stone row and ring cairn
Date Added: 8th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Swarth Howe Barrow, stone row and ring cairn submitted by Bladup on 27th Jan 2014. One of the stones of the row between Swarth Howe barrow and the ring cairn [where the trig point is].
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 84319 08785. Take care crossing the busy road.
There has been considerable confusion regarding this site over the years. Robert Knox describing the site in 1855 saw the two large stones as forming part of a double alignment than ran north to south with a further pair of stones (now destroyed) 110 yards further to north. A few years earlier in 1852 Samuel Anderson who excavated Swarth Howe claimed that the stones formed remains of a single row that extended between Swarth Howe and the cairn at NZ 84173 08932. The two additional stones found during fieldwork may lend some support to Anderson's interpretation, although both are of uncertain authenticity. On balance Anderson's interpretation is probably the more valid, but given the degree of uncertainty this row should be best considered as possible at best.
Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Date Added: 8th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by Bladup on 27th Jan 2014. Commondale Moor stone circle.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 65680 10498. From here walk along the public highway to NZ 64937 09833 and take the path leading north westward. Follow this to NZ 63949 11043 and then walk to the row a short distance to the south.
Old Castle Hill
Date Added: 8th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Old Castle Hill submitted by johndhunter on 2nd Oct 2017. Another close up view of the higher stone taken September 2017
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 67145 11618. The row is a short, but uneven walk from here.
Noth Ings Bride Stones
Date Added: 7th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Noth Ings Bride Stones submitted by johndhunter on 6th Oct 2017. Still continuing north , image taken March 2012
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 65681 10501. From here follow one of the footpaths leading north to the row.
Shap Avenue
Date Added: 7th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
Shap Avenue submitted by AngieLake on 3rd Jun 2011. These were the most noticeable stones fringing the east side of the road, heading back towards the village after visiting Kemp Howe, that might have possibly come from the ancient monuments.
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Log Text: Parking is available at NY 56358 15076. From here a network of public footpaths provides access to some of the stones. Others can be viewed from the paths and public road.