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Maen Hir
Standing Stone / Menhir
Maen Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 2 images, 1 fieldnote, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
Image © nix stewart
Nearest Town:
Llandovery (10km SSE)
OS Ref (GB):
SN735447 /
Sheets: 146, 147, 160
Latitude:
52° 5' 8.52" N
Longitude:
3° 50' 47.22" W
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- Sites within 20 km -
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Maen Bach (0.58km W) (4 posts)
Crugiau Merched (1.52km W) (21 posts)
Cefn Gwenffrwd (3.2km NE) (3 posts)
The Poppy Stone (3.26km NE) (3 posts)
Gelli (3.75km ENE) (8 posts)
Ty Newydd Stone Row (4.19km ENE) (4 posts)
Ty Newydd (4.29km ENE) (4 posts)
Cefn Gwernffrwd Complex (4.6km N) (4 posts)
Cefn Gwenffrwd (4.6km N) (3 posts)
Cefn Gwernffrwd (4.6km N) (4 posts)
Cefn Gwernffrwd (4.6km N) (2 posts)
Cefn Cnwchelthinog Cairn I (5.36km NNE) (2 posts)
Cefn Cnwchelthinog Cairn II (5.36km NNE) (2 posts)
Cefn Cnwchelthinog (5.42km NNE) (4 posts)
Carreg Garn Fawr (6.09km E) (7 posts)
Carn Wen (6.33km ENE) (2 posts)
Cerrig Cynant (6.7km E) (1 post)
Berrisbrook (7.34km S) (3 posts)
Pen-y-Gurnos (7.81km NNE) (9 posts)
Carreg Pumsaint (8.28km WSW) (4 posts)
Dolaucothi Gold Mines (8.41km WSW) (3 posts)
Carn Saith-Wraig (8.98km NNE) (12 posts)
Carreg y Bwci (9.43km W) (15 posts)
Bryn y Gorlan (Recumbent monolith) (10.07km N) (1 post)
Bryn y Gorlan (10.12km N) (12 posts)
Carreg Samson (10.88km WNW) (1 post)
Hirfaen Gwyddog (11.19km W) (15 posts)
Bryn Goleu (11.32km W) (4 posts)
Bryn Rhudd (11.5km NW) (1 post)
Pen Banc (11.95km W) (0 posts)
Nant-y-Ffrwd (13.2km N) (4 posts)
Nant Cwm Dwfn (13.33km ENE) (1 post)
Cwn Bran camp (13.69km S) (1 post)
Nant-y-Maen (13.85km N) (7 posts)
Y Fan (14.57km SSW) (1 post)
Cae'r Maen (15.19km ENE) (3 posts)
Ffynnon-Wen (Llangybi) (15.26km W) (1 post)
Careg Fawr (15.77km S) (2 posts)
Castell Tregaron. Sunnyhill wood camp (16.19km NW) (1 post)
Tomen-y-Rhos (16.55km SE) (1 post)
Y Pigwn Cairn 2 (16.74km ESE) (1 post)
Y Pigwyn (16.81km ESE) (16 posts)
Pant Meddygon (17.66km SE) (11 posts)
Drum Nant y Gorlan (17.87km NE) (1 post)
Cwm Henwen (18.05km ESE) (1 post)
Pant Madog (18.37km ESE) (3 posts)
Drygarn Fawr (18.64km NE) (3 posts)
Waun Pwtlyn (18.86km S) (1 post)
Gwern Wyddog (19.04km ESE) (7 posts)
Ynys Hir (19.61km E) (8 posts)
Carreg Wen Fawr (Llanwrthwl) (19.71km NNE) (1 post)
Varlen Cairn, Traianmawr (19.92km ESE) (1 post)
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Llandovery Tourist Inf... (Tourist Information: 10.9 km SSE)
Llanwrtyd Wells Touris... (Tourist Information: 14.4 km ENE)
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Another isolated, splintered slate slab surmounting a small cairn of packing stones on the mountain. It is intervisible with Maen Bach and the Crugiau Merched cairns and is the most prominent of this ritual complex.
DIMENSIONS
1.4m(h), 0.3m(w),0.4mm(d)
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Posted by
tuesday
9th October 2006ce
Edited 9th October 2006ce
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