Just outside St David's, this stone, roughly seven feet tall, stands happily in a well used field. There is no path, and no sign post, but if you find yourself in the farm of Trecenny you have gone too far. Back track one hundred yards north, until you come to a field gate on your right. Look over the hedge on your left and you will see the stone. The farmer was ploughing and gestured to me in a friendly manner, inviting me in, but I could see he was busy, and his tractor took him close to the stone. I had no wish to disturb his chores and contented myself with photographing from the hedge. One thing that is apparent is how brown the stone appears. Maybe it was the surrounding earth, but this feels to be a 'farmer's stone', and one happily existing in its natural landscape. It appears shaped towards the top and on one side, but otherwise a friendly, cheerful stone, lord of all it surveys.
Access is along a winding road, but full mobility would be required to see the stone over the hedge.
Visited 20th April 2003: On our way to St David's to get milk, first thing in the morning, William and I detoured to visit this stone. There's no public right of way through the field it stands in, but it can easily be seen from the road. I'd have liked to get closer, but the field is sewn with crops, and I didn't have time to seek out the farmer (even though the farmhouse is very close to the stone).
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