Wales
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Cornel Bach – Maenclochog Standing Stones
Pair of Bronze Age standing stones in the village of Maenclochog in Pembrokeshire, Wales. This area is full of the remnants of prehistoric sites. Many were recorded in previous centuries but have since been destroyed. This pair of stones is recorded in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1900 as follows:“Maenclochog SN 082279. Cornel Bach. Both stones are 6ft…
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Culver Hole/The Smuggler’s Cove – Gower, Wales
We began our walk from Port Eynon beach car park. As you walk around the coastal path you will come first to the remains of The Salt House. According to local folklore, this building was fortified by legendary Gower pirate John Lucas in the 1700s, in order to further his unlawful activities, and that he…
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The Sagranus Ogham and Latin inscribed Stone
The Sagranus Ogham and Latin inscribed Stone – St Thomas Church – St Dogmaels.Pembrokeshire, Wales The present church of St Thomas the Apostle is a modern construction, having been built within St Dogmaels Abbey precincts in 1847 using materials from the ruined buildings. Within the church is the Sagranus Stone, inscribed in both Latin and…
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Hoyle’s Mouth Cave
Hoyle’s Mouth Cave in Tenby – Pembrokeshire, Wales. Situated in sloping woodland overlooking the valley.. The mouth of the cave is about 3m wide, 4m tall and leads into the main cavern where a narrow tunnel leads you further into the limestone. The passage we explored runs about 40m into the hill.. This cave is…
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Garn Wnda Neolithic monument
On a rocky outcrop overlooking the village of Llanwnda in Pembrokeshire is Garn Wnda. Similar to other sites dotted about this headland, Garn Wnda is classified as an “earth fast” chambered monument, in that it is comprised of a large stone slab or capstone propped up by a single stone upright, with the southern end…
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Dol y Gamfa Stone Circle
This is a Bronze Age cairn-circle in Ceredigion, Wales.CADW/Coflein’s description of the stones at Dolgamfa is as follows: “One of the finest small Bronze Age cairn-circles in north Ceredigion. Rather than being a true stone circle, the monument would originally have been a cairn or mound of stones encircled by a ring of upright stones.…
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Llanllawer Holy Well & Church
St David’s Church in Llanllawer – Pembrokeshire, Wales. (Older name – Llanllawern) The church stands of a promontory above the River Gwaun and the village of Llanychaer. At this church are four medieval inscribed stones – two used as gate posts and two others incorporated into the church building itself. The stones are thought to…
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The Garn Wen Neolithic ‘Cemetery’
Behind a row of houses in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire is this row of neolithic chamber ‘tombs’.. Estimated to date back to at least 4,400 BC – 2,900 BC. Up until around 2016, this site was inaccessible due to overgrowth, and accounts online say the field was sadly being used by some to dump rubbish and ride…
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Parc y Meirw Stone Alignment
This site in considered to be the longest Bronze Age stone row in Wales. The name translates to Field of the Dead, and is located within the parish of Llanllawer (older-Llanllawern) in Pembrokeshire. Today, the site consists of four standing stones and two prostrate stones with the tallest 2.7m high. They are set within a…
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Cefn Isaf – Cromlech in Rhoslan
This Neolithic Cromlech is near Criccieth in Gwynedd, Wales. It’s pretty easy to access, with a public footpath leading to the field just a short distance from the village of Rhoslan. The following is quoted from Arch. Camb Vol.(XV 1869 p. 137): This Cromlech lies in a field on the farm called Cefn Isaf, about…
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