Standing Stones
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Gellifawr Standing Stone – Pembrokeshire, Wales
This stone stands next in a field in front of the Gellifawr Woodland Retreat and like many of the solitary standing stones in Pembrokeshire, is thought to have been erected during the Bronze Age. There is a parking area right next to it so this is very easy to access. The Trefach Stone is also…
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Y Garreg Hir/Trefach – Standing Stone
Standing stone in Pembrokeshire, Wales. A standing stone over 2m tall overlooking Carningli. The field is which it stands is full of large stones strewn about. Some have suggested there are the remains of a ‘chambered tomb’ in the field. Accessing the stone:We parked on a grassy verge on the side of the road between…
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Gors Fawr Stone Circle
Gors Fawr Late Neolithic/Bronze Age Stone Circle – Pembrokeshire, Wales.Within Mynachlog-ddu, nestled amongst the rolling Preseli hills, is the level common named Gors Fawr… meaning Great Marsh.. Where we find a humble, but significant stone circle. Just over 20 meters in diameter, the 16 stones form a very regular circle, Coflein describes the stones as..…
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The Gellidywyll Stone in Cenarth
The Gellidydwyll Stone. Inscribed Stone in Cenarth. Carmarthenshire, Wales. This stone now stands in St Llawddog’s Churchyard in Cenarth. The Latin inscription is thought to date to the 6th century and translates to ‘Curcagnus, son of Andagelli’. In 1743 this stone was recorded as standing on the roadside adjacent to Temple Druid, around 20 miles…
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Ogham & Roman Latin Inscribed Stone in Cilgerran – Pembrokeshire, Wales
Within St Llawddog’s churchyard is a standing stone dated as early – medieval, containing Ogham as well as Roman Latin inscriptions. Professor Nancy Edwards translates the latin TRENEGUSSIFILI – MACUTRENIHICIACIT as ‘Treneguss son of Macus-Treni, here he lies’. The ogam inscription runs down the edge of the same face: (TREN)[A]GUS[.]MAQIMAQITRENI Edwards translates this to read…
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Nettasagri Ogham Stone – Bridell in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Within this churchyard is a 7ft tall spotted dolerite stone inscribed with 5th century Ogham markings as well as a cross, which was thought to have been added around the 9th or 10th centuries CE. A few people have also suggested there are prehistoric cup marks on one side of the stone. The Ogham is…
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Ogham inscribed stone in Glandwr.
Efessangus stone Ogham inscribed stone.Glandwr – Pembrokeshire, Wales The stone was visited by John Rhys, who reports in 1913 in the Archaeologia Cambrensis: `On the next day Dr. Owen motored me to Trehowel Farm, near Rhydowen Station, on the Whitland and Cardigan line of railway, to see an Ogam inscribed stone. We had with us…
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A walk from Maen Colman to The Cilwendeg Shell Hermitage
A few days ago we went for a little explore around Boncath in Pembrokeshire, Wales.. Starting at Maen Colman, or The Colman’s stone and following the public footpath to The Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage. Maen Colman is a stone bearing multiple carvings, etched over different periods of time.. This boulder of dolerite sits on a…
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