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Golden Grove
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2004
Golden Grove submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2004. Golden Grove, Standing Stone in Powys, SO239178
This standing stone lives in a little field besides a stream at Llangenny. The stone is about 4 feet high, in a sheltered position just below the steep hillside.
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Gwernvale
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2004
Gwernvale submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2004. Gwernvale, Chambered Tomb in Powys, SO211192
Looking into the remaining chamber, from the entrance passage way
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Ty-Isaf
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2004
Ty-Isaf submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2004. Ty-Isaf, Chambered Tomb in Powys, SO182290
At what is now the southern end of the mound remains is a large structure with slab sides and a flattened floor, which was possibly the remains of a large chamber and its passageway, the southern half of which has been destroyed. Further down the field, behind where this shot was taken from, and not on any remains of mound, was a large flat stone which looked to have once been a capstone.
This is the view looking north along the mound at the remai...
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Penywyrlod
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2004
Penywyrlod submitted by TheCaptain on 12th May 2004. Penywyrlod, Chambered Tomb, Powys, SO151316
What a find this tomb is. Upon approaching the Cairn across the fields, the first thing that is seen is that there is a very big mound here. This is a massive stone built long barrow, over 50 metres long and 25 wide, and still at least 4 metres in height, on a northwest southeast axis. Quite how this can have only been “discovered” in 1972 is beyond me !
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Clyro Court
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2004
Clyro Court submitted by thecaptain on 14th May 2004. Clyro Court, Chambered Tomb, Powys, SO213432
Marked on the OS map as Chambered Long Cairn, the ruined remains of this tomb can be seen on a little hillock behind a house, beside the busy A438, overlooking the valley of the River Wye at Clyro, just over the river from Hay-on-Wye.
The remains of the tomb can be seen here from the northwest, and are the usual lumpy ground on top of the hillock. What looks like the remains of a stone chamber can be seen sticking out of the ground in the middl...
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Little Lodge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2004
Little Lodge submitted by thecaptain on 14th May 2004. Little Lodge, Chambered Tomb, Powys, SO183380
The remains as seen over the hedge from the lane. In a couple of places can be seen large stone slabs sticking out of the ground, which look to be the remains of two separate chambers. The horse is standing in the region of the southern chamber.
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Pen-y-Wyrlod
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2004
Pen-y-Wyrlod submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2004. Pen-y-wyrlod, Chambered Tomb, Powys, SO224398
There is one smashing little slab sided chamber about 3 by 1.5 metres, with the stones protruding well up out of the remains of a stone built mound.
This is the view from the east
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Twyn-Y-Beddau
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2004
Twyn-Y-Beddau submitted by TheCaptain on 17th May 2004. Twyn-y-Beddau, Round Barrow, Powys, SO241386
Seen here from the north, this once nice round barrow has the obligatory depressions in the top and various other lumps and bumps from attempts to rob or excavate it. Unfortunately, it has now become used by the 4 wheel drive morons to drive over. The whole barrow and surrounding area is now badly scarred with wheel marks and ruts.
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Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2007
Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Nov 2007. On top of the second hilltop on the Y Grib ridge, at SO18503073, is a stonebuilt round cairn about 10 metres in diameter.
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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2007
Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2007. On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are marked Stones on the 1:25000 OS map. They reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings.
View downhill towards the east.
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Maen Llia
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Maen Llia submitted by cerrig on 14th Aug 2018. Maen Llia and a Perseid meteorite. I used my influence to book this particular one specially for the Megalithic Portal.
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Log Text: Beautiful day out doing the 4 waterfalls walk to the south of Ystradfellte. After dinner at the New Inn, popped up to visit Maen Llia where we amazingly meet Cerrig, out doing some surveying, but the sun is hidden from him. He takes great pride in showing us some amazing features of Maen Llia, such as the flattened platform with a stone where a shadow would fall, and the place where the stones shadow (or toungue) would reach on solstice sunset. Brilliant!
Garn Fawr (Brecon)
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2019
Garn Fawr (Brecon) submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Aug 2019. View south with the Pontsticill Reservoirs in the distance
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Log Text: Marked as Cairn and "Pile of Stones" on the various OS maps, this is a stone cairn on a rock outcrop, part of a low craggy outcrop at the southern end of the flat plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion. The cairn is 3m in diameter and 0.75m high. The area of the rock outcrop is called Garn Fawr but this appears to be a large marker cairn rather than a burial monument.
Fan y Big
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2019
Fan y Big submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Aug 2019. Very slight remains of a burial cairn can be found at the top of Fan y Big, one of the ridge peaks of the Brecon Beacons.
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Log Text: Very slight remains of a burial cairn can be found at the top of Fan y Big, one of the ridge peaks of the Brecon Beacons.
Absolutely stunning views are to be had from here, possibly the best in all of the Brecon Beacons, with the large glacial valleys below on two sides, and the high peaks of Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Ddu looming up to the west. If here, don't forget the photo opportunity on the diving board!
Carn Pica
Date Added: 28th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2019
Carn Pica submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Aug 2019. Carn Pica. The splendid "modern" cairn probably sits on the position of an ancient cairn.
View east down the valley of the River Usk. Black Mountains in the distance
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Log Text: A splendid "modern" cairn at the top of the most easterly tip of the main Brecon Beacons ridge, just to the east of the summit of Waun Rydd, probably built at the position of an ancient cairn.
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2017
Lower Neuadd Reservoir Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 16th Jun 2017. The fallen and broken stone by the track (possible)
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Corn Ddu Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2017
Corn Ddu Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jul 2017. The cairn atop Corn Du, June 2017
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Pen y Fan Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2017
Pen y Fan Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jul 2017. Pen y Fan seen from atop Corn Du, June 2017.
It gets busy, even on a Tuesday.
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Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Sep 2017. Looking southeast to the Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn on its hilltop promontory position.
The cairn is about 11 metres diameter and becoming very eroded by the weather and all the walkers stopping here to admire the spectacular views from its cliff edge position.
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Log Text: Along the ridge to the southeast of Fan Foel, Twr-y-Fan Foel cairn can be seen sitting on its hilltop promontory position. The cairn is again about 11 metres diameter and becoming very eroded by the weather and all the walkers stopping here to admire the spectacular views from its cliff edge position. Once again the two German lads were stood on top of it with no signs of moving on, so I just took a couple of quick photos and we carried on to get to the trig point on top of Fan Brycheiniog (802m) before them, so we could take our pictures without them in the way!
Rhyd Wen Fach
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 2
Rhyd Wen Fach submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Sep 2017. With a bit of an optimistic eye, I could make out what might be an arc of stones probably with an approx. 15 m diameter, but it may well have been no more than my wanting to see something.
Looking towards the climb up to the summit of Fan Foel. Twr-y-Fan Foel to the left.
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Log Text: Visited while walking round the Carmarthen Fan loop, just at the foot of the hard climb up to Fan Foel. We had ended up not following the expected ridgetop path, but a trail a bit below the top to the southwest, so I had to head over and back downhill a few hundred yards as San slowly ascended the steep ridge. I had a quick look round, aided by using my GPS, and soon found the large stones Sem has posted photos of, but there was nothing obvious else to see of a circle. There are many stones around, and what is natural and what has been positioned is anyone’s guess. With a bit of an optimistic eye, I could make out what might be an arc of stones probably with an approx. 15 m diameter, but it may well be no more than wanting to see something. To me it wasn't a very likely place to find a stone circle, the ground here being too steep. Since returning I notice the RCAHM gives a ref of SN 8223 2312, a further 50 metres to the north of where I was looking, which would have been slightly flatter, but more peaty and boggy ground. I wasn’t going to spend long here, as I was getting left behind, and I didn't want Sandra to be climbing up that steep ridge on her own, especially as the heavens were just about to open with a very cold and heavy squall. The climb up the ridge was very hard work as we are not as young as we were, but just taking it a few steps at a time, and not rushing, I eventually made it up to meet San sat sheltering behind a boulder in her green Kermit cape, we were by then both soaked! Once up at the top, what a fabulous feeling of achievement, and the weather improved a bit to give breath taking views. It really was indeed well worth the effort.
Pen Y Beacon
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2018
Pen Y Beacon submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Jan 2018. The "portal" stones and some of the adjacent small circle stones on the northeastern side
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