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Tyle Bychan
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2005
Tyle Bychan submitted by sem on 12th Mar 2005. Not very picturesque and like many stones ruined by the agriculture going on around them. However it does have one saving grace - Fan Brycheiniog is visible from here.
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Rhyd Wen Fach
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2005
Rhyd Wen Fach submitted by sem on 5th May 2005. This site is listed in RCHAM as both a circle and a setting. The circle needs a bit of imagination to see with the eye, never mind with a camera.
SN 8225 2306 (by my GPS)
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Llyn y Fan Fawr
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2005
Llyn y Fan Fawr submitted by sem on 9th Jul 2005. I spent 10yrs as a self-employed artist but this beats anything I did.
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Maen Llia
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2006
Maen Llia submitted by sem on 26th Feb 2006. When viewed from the bottoom of the Llia Valley, Maen Lia appears at the lowest point of the arc of the horizon (just to the right of the road). In fact it is not on the head of the valley but a few hundred yards down from it on a low plateau, an illusion that is a tribute to the skill and artistry of it's erectors.
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Maen Madoc
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2006
Maen Madoc submitted by sem on 26th Feb 2006. Maen Madoc. It is possible that before the planting of the conifer forest this stone was intervisible with Maen Llia, about one and a half miles away. If so this is evidence that it predates Roman times.
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Saith Maen NW
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2007
Saith Maen NW submitted by sem on 19th Sep 2007. Although less than 1km from the road it took 40mins to reach this site up a very steep hill.
Not one for the faint-hearted but the views are superb.
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Nant Tarw WNW
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jan 2008
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by sem on 13th Jan 2008. Situated at SN80702467 this stone appears to be a Winter Solstice sunset marker. The circle is about 1ml away (to the right of the stream above my wife's white hat). Despite the distance it is perfectly visible from the circle.
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Saith Maen SE
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2008
Saith Maen SE submitted by sem on 24th Mar 2008. In between hail storms.
This is certainly one of the most unusual sites I've visited as the stones are set on a bare rock surface.
The walk there is a nightmare. Only just over a mile but across scree slopes, bogs and dense, tussocky grass.
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Carreg Cadno
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2008
Carreg Cadno submitted by sem on 6th Nov 2008. The "apex" stone of Carreg Cadnow rows.
This is the central stone of both rows.
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The Nipple
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jan 2009
The Nipple submitted by sem on 7th Jan 2009. From the photo you can see why we gave this cairn it's name.
Astoundingly, it is right next to a walkers path but is not shown on OS maps nor mentioned in the RCAHMW database.
That's the problem with archaeologists, they can't tell a nipple when they see one and they think cairns are just a pile of old stones.
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Llorfa
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2009
Llorfa submitted by sem on 8th Aug 2009. Doesn't look much...
but finding a small circle like this (8 stones lie beneath grass height and possibly more below the peat) after a long walk, make the day worth while.
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Dorwen
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2009
Dorwen submitted by sem on 8th Aug 2009. Pete playing with his rods.
This is the stone accepted by CPAT. Beautiful location, pity about the bog downhill.
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Llwyncwmstabl
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2009
Llwyncwmstabl submitted by sem on 17th Sep 2009. Though it looks insignificant, this cairn is beautifully visible from Llorfa circle across the valley and from other points in the area.
It appears to me that the people who built these monuments designed them to be viewed. Could this mean that the point of viewing was as sacred as the monument itself?
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Pump Maen (Five Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Pump Maen (Five Stones) submitted by sem on 25th Apr 2010. Pump Maen - Five Stones
The first four can be seen but a fifth lies hidden among the grey of rock outcrops.
The row points to a sixth stone on the horizon. This marks a route down a treacherous scree/cliff slope.
The row is aligned at the same angle as Carreg Cadnow Row, but as CC also points to a way down whether there is an Astronomical angle is debateable.
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Pwll-y-Cig Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2010
Pwll-y-Cig Cairn submitted by sem on 12th Sep 2010. Pwll-y-Cig Cairn
This translates as Pool of Meat.
This shot taken looking N.
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Banwen Gwys 2
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2010
Banwen Gwys 2 submitted by sem on 12th Sep 2010. Looking NE towards a mid-summer sunrise.
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Banwen Gwys 1
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2010
Banwen Gwys 1 submitted by sem on 12th Sep 2010. Banwen Gwys 1
This pic is taken looking WNW towards the Black Mountain.
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Pwll-y-Wythen Fach
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2010
Pwll-y-Wythen Fach submitted by sem on 3rd Oct 2010. House in a hole.
Looking over the lip of a shake hole to the hut circle. I wouldn't fancy coming home here after a night out, nor going to work the following morning.
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Penwyllt Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2010
Penwyllt Cairn submitted by sem on 26th Oct 2010. Looking North
From here the cairn stands out quite nicely, but from a distance it blends into the scree slope.
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Twyn Bryn Glas Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2011
Twyn Bryn Glas Cairn submitted by sem on 18th Apr 2011. Beware the ponies here, they are not skittish around humans. One even tried to rifle through DocP's rucksack and steal his sandwiches!
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