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Knelston standing stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2013
Knelston standing stone submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Jun 2013. A big triangular slab of stone standing 2.2 m tall.
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Llanrhidian Upper Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2013
Llanrhidian Upper Stone submitted by theCaptain on 9th Jun 2013. Tall stone standing high up on the village green at Llanrhidian, above the track to the church.
It stands about 2 m tall, and is quite wide, but very thin. I'ts downhill companion seems much more "real"!
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Llanrhidian Lower Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2013
Llanrhidian Lower Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2013. Llanrhidian Lower Stone showing its position on the village green.
Site in West Glamorgan Wales
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Oldwalls (E) Standing Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2013
Oldwalls (E) Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2013. Well hidden in the hedge surrounding a paddock opposite the Greyhound Inn.
The top of this stone was just visible poking out of the top of the hedge.
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Reynoldston Millennium Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2013
Reynoldston Millennium Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Jun 2013. On the village green at Reynoldston, on the slopes of Cefn Bryn, is a nice stone standing, erected as part of the millennium celebrations.
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Maen Ceti
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2013
Maen Ceti submitted by theCaptain on 14th Jun 2013. I visited Gower for the first time in 30 years recently. A friend found this picture of me at Arthurs stone all those years ago.
Site in West Glamorgan Wales
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Pen-y-Crug Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2013
Pen-y-Crug Barrow submitted by theCaptain on 15th Jun 2013. Approaching the barrow across the flat heathland
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Burry Menhir
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2013
Burry Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Jun 2013. Approaching the stone from the north, heading south along the field edge.
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Burry Lesser
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2013
Burry Lesser submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jun 2013. Burry Lesser standing stone, seen here approaching from the north along the field edge, viewed looking southwest.
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Ty'r-Coed
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2013
Ty'r-Coed submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Jun 2013. View northwest from near the trigpoint on the top of Cefn-Bryn, overlooking the northwest coast of the Gower peninsula towards Burry Port on the far side of the River Loughor estuary.
And down the bottom of the hill, hiding from the road behind the large barn, can be seen the Ty'r-Coed standing stone.
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Cefn Bryn SW Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2013
Cefn Bryn SW Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Jun 2013. A few hundred metres to the northwest of the Trig Point on top of Cefn-Bryn can be found what looked to me to be the remains of a ring cairn, but may in fact be a denuded platform or round cairn.
Viewed here looking northwest across the northwest coast of the Gower peninsula towards Burry Port on the far side of the River Loughor estuary.
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Cil ifor Top
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2013
Cil ifor Top submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Jul 2013. Cil ifor Top seen here looking south from the B4295
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Old Castle Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Old Castle Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. Looking along the banks at the northern side, with the magnificent view of Rhossili Bay beyond.
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Hardings Down East
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Hardings Down East submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. Some of the embankments of Hardings Down East hillfort can be seen atop Hardings Down, as seen here from Rhossili Down.
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Hardings Down West
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2015
Hardings Down West submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jun 2015. The shape of Hardings Down West hillfort can be seen here on the northwestern slopes of Hardings Down, as seen here from Rhossili Down.
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Bessie's Meadow Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
Bessie's Meadow Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Viewed here looking east, with Hardings Down behind
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The Beacon (West Glamorgan)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
The Beacon (West Glamorgan) submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Approaching the summit cairn from the south, looking north along the ridge of Rhossili Down, Burry Holmes islet in the background.
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Rhossili Down Cairn 3
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2015
Rhossili Down Cairn 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2015. Viewed looking northeast
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Cefn Bryn Great Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2018
Cefn Bryn Great Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jan 2018. Despite being a beautiful June day, there was some very boggy areas when approaching this cairn.
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Sweyne's Howse ring cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2018
Sweyne's Howse ring cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Feb 2018. Remains of a 10m diameter ring cairn on Rhossili Down, to the south east of Sweyne's Howse. It has a decent ring of white stones standing in a circle to give the shape.
View east towards Hardings Down
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