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Carew High Cross
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Nov 2015
Carew High Cross submitted by TheCaptain on 8th Nov 2015. Not the best of pictures I know, it was late on in a horrid wet day, but what a great combination. Fabulous ancient cross, terriffic Castle, and best of all, taken while supping a nice pint from in the bar of a good pub with a roaring fire !!!
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Tafarn-y-Bwlch
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015
Tafarn-y-Bwlch submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Dec 2015. nearby the stone pair is a linear bank and ditch, which incorporates many large stones, some of which extend beyond the height of the bank.
Just a boundary or something more significant?
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Norchard Beacon
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015
Norchard Beacon submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Dec 2015. Near to the Trig Point, one of the barrows is still to be seen.
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Wallaston Green
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2015
Wallaston Green submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2015. Four barrows are marked on the OS maps just to the south of Wallaston Green to the north of the B4320 road along the Angle peninsula west of Pembroke.
Stopping for a quick look and a couple of bumps can be seen in the fields.
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Lower Broadmoor
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lower Broadmoor submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. A 2.1 metre tall standing stone in a cattle field just to the south of Lower Broadmoor farm, a couple of kilometres to the north of Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire.
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Log Text: A 2.1 metre tall standing stone in a cattle field just to the south of Lower Broadmoor farm, a couple of kilometres to the north of Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire. Not so easy to get to as it looks on the map, with many gates across the footpath and ankle deep mud caused by the cattle which use this track. When I saw a way into the field, it looked to be the best way to the stone, but a herd of young cattle saw me and came charging over towards me, so I skidaddled pretty quickly, getting wet in a boggy bit halfway up to my knees. I then satisfied myself with looking at this fine stone from the trackway, and noticed another huge stone in the hedge, which may have lost its top. Made me wonder if these were once a pair or more.
Parc Y Llyn
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Parc Y Llyn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. Viewed in the hedge across the field from the entrance from the bridleway. The raise of the ground under the hedge can be clearly seen.
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Log Text: Remains of a burial chamber with a splendidly nobbly capstone partly in a hedge at the east side of a field, which can be accessed via a bridleway to the south. When I was here I found it difficult to park anywhere nearby, and the short section of bridleway from road to field was very overgrown and almost impassable.
Trehale Stone
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Trehale Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2015. The remains of Trehale Stone as seen to the south of the bridleway.
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Log Text: One of several ancient sites around here, none of them clearly marked on my 1:50000 map. Having parked at Treddiog, I walked along the bridleway to the west, about 300 yards along the track and saw this stone on top of a little hillock in the field to the south. It looks to be broken off, and would once have been much more substantial. At the time I didn't know of the others to be found around here, it was very wet and getting dark, so a quick return to the car was in order! Turns out the stone was dynamited and still has drill holes as a reminder of its fate.
Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2018
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Jan 2018. Coetan Arthur Dolmen September 2015
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Trefin Modern Stone Circle
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Trefin Modern Stone Circle submitted by pab on 20th Jan 2008. Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Across the circle to the bay - it may be modern, but it is a wonderfully pleasant spot to think away the modern world!
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Carreg Samson, Abercastle
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carreg Samson, Abercastle submitted by Horatio on 13th May 2019. In a dramatic clifftop location just outside the pretty port of Abercastle stands a Neolithic burial chamber known as Carreg Samson. The name translates as 'Samson's Stone' and refers to the legend that St Samson placed the huge capstone in place using just his little finger.
The dolmen is composed of seven upright stones topped by a huge capstone. The capstone is over 4.5m long (about 15 feet) and 2.7m wide (9 feet). The capstone is actually balanced perfectly on just 3 of the 7 support st...
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Garn Turne
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 5th Oct 2015
Garn Turne submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Garn Turn Burial Chamber SM979272.
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Log Text: Despite there being a few places to park nearby, I could find no way into the relevant field to have a look at this interesting sounding site, which is not clearly marked on the maps.
y Garn Llwyd
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2004
y Garn Llwyd submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Mar 2004. Y Gaer Llwyd Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST447968
view of the chamber over the hedge from the south
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Llanvaches 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2004
Llanvaches 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Mar 2004. Llanvaches - Round Barrows, Wentwood Forest, Monmouthshire, ST417946
View of the larger of the two barrows within Wentwood Forest.
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Llanfihangel Rogiet
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2004
Llanfihangel Rogiet submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Apr 2004. Llanfihangel Rogiet, Standing Stone in Monmouthshire, ST445878
Nice view of the stone from the northeast in a setting sun.
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Heston Brake
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2004
Heston Brake submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Apr 2004. Heston Brake, Chambered Tomb in Monmouthshire, ST505887
View of the remains from the rear of the chamber
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Gray Hill circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2004
Gray Hill summit cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Apr 2004. Grey Hill or Gray Hill, Monmouthshire. Cairn atop hill at ST434936
Right on the top of the hill, with spectacular views all around is the remains of an ancient, but well worn cairn. I could have been imagining it, but did this cairn once have a kerbed ring around it, and some internal structures ?
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Harolds Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2004
Harolds Stones submitted by thecaptain on 12th Aug 2004. Harolds Stones, one evening several years ago.
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Thornwell Farm
Date Added: 31st Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Thornwell Round Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2006. About 100 metres to the east of the chambered tomb, the remains of a bronze age round barrow can be found in another green grassy area left between the houses.
The large oak tree growing in the chambered tomb can be seen above the rooftops to the left of centre.
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Log Text: On a housing estate to the south of Chepstow, right beside the Severn Bridge motorway junction from where it can be seen, are to be found the sad remains of a once major neolithic chambered tomb. It is to be found on a green space between the houses of Fountains Way and the back of a shopping area, and has a very large old oak tree growing on top of it. Under the tree can be seen remains of a large mound with various rocks sticking out, particularly on the northern side. Closer inspection of the high ground beside the tree reveals what looks to be the remains of a tomb chamber. Several edge set stones are to be seen sticking out of the ground, forming a rectangular structure about 3 metres by 2 metres, with a right angle incorporated – perhaps remains of an entrance and side chamber ? Below the tree the ground drops away quite steeply, and indeed may be the remains of the edge of the tomb, which has been shown to have once consisted of a large drystone wall surrounded structure. Within the rubble in this bank are several large stone slabs, which may once have been part of a side chamber. The stones are the local hard puddingstone type conglomerate of sandstone with gravel in it. When I was visiting, I was not sure whether this was the right place for this tomb, and so asked a local lady. She told me that although she did not know what was there, she had been told that her views would never be spoiled because no new building would ever be allowed on the green space because of some historical site. Excavations here in the past have revealed drystone walling, one main and two side chambers (one with a porthole) plus human bones, pottery, flints etc.
Gaer (Trellech)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Nov 2006
Gaer (Trellech) submitted by thecaptain on 16th Nov 2006. Depending on the scale of map you are using, this hilltop earthworks a mile or so to the south of the ancient village of Trellech is variously described as fort or settlement.
Some of the earthworks can clearly be seen in the low November afternoon sunlight of this picture from the south.
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Gray Hill summit cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2004
Gray Hill summit cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Apr 2004. Grey Hill or Gray Hill, Monmouthshire. Cairn atop hill at ST434936
Right on the top of the hill, with spectacular views all around is the remains of an ancient, but well worn cairn. I could have been imagining it, but did this cairn once have a kerbed ring around it, and some internal structures ?
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