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Mynydd y Gaer
Date Added: 18th Feb 2014
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2013
Mynydd y Gaer submitted by sem on 4th Sep 2013. Site in Mid Glamorgan Wales
Mynydd y Gaer
The Northern bank/ditch is now a field boundary - and also plagued by midges.
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Cerrig Duon stone circle
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2004
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by sem on 13th Feb 2004. At the Cerrig Duon site, Maen Mawr (Big Stone) stands in the upper reaches of the Tawe Valley 10km south of Trecastle (grid ref SN851206).It lies metres from Cerrig Duon circle and has other megaliths and avenues associated with it.
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Waen Llechi
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2004
Waen Llechi submitted by sem on 13th Feb 2004. Also known as Waun Lleuci,this stone lies 8km south of Trecastell.It's long side is aligned directly with Cerrig Duon stone circle approx 1km SSE,although hidden from view by a small ridge. SN854215
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Pen Y Beacon
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2004
Pen Y Beacon submitted by sem on 25th Jul 2004. Though largely destroyed,the remains of this circle lie in a dramatic location at the foot of Hay Bluff.SO239373
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Nant Tarw ESE
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004
Nant Tarw ESE submitted by sem on 1st Aug 2004. This is the eastern of two circles at Nant Tarw and one of a number in the area that focus on the dramatic escarpment of Fan Brycheiniog.
SN818258
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Trecastle Mountain ENE
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2005
Trecastle Mountain ENE submitted by sem on 28th Feb 2005. The ENE circle looking from the recumbent outlying stones.
There are a number of these to the East of the circles,suggesting a processional route.
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Trecastle Mountain WSW
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2005
Trecastle Mountain WSW submitted by sem on 28th Feb 2005. Fan Brycheiniog in her winter linen.
The wsw circle looking towards the sacred peak of Fan Brycheiniog.
Views like this make me think that we of this time are missing out on something.
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Nant Tarw Stone Row
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2005
Nant Tarw Stone Row submitted by sem on 8th Mar 2005. Nant Tarw recumbent monolith lies to the west of the two circles. To the south east of the circles,on the slopes of Garn Las, lie at least forty other stones, many showing signs of packing and all missed by archaeologists and RCAHM.
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Godre'r Garn Las Stone
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2005
Godre'r Garn Las Stone submitted by sem on 12th Mar 2005. This site is plainly visible on the horizon from the Nant Tarw circles despite the stone being recumbent. I believe it forms part of a processional way to Fan Brycheiniog in the background.
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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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