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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Sep 1, 2008 23:23:06
Replying to postman

Ah I've been learning a bit of Welsh lately so I know enough to tell you it means 'Grey Stone'.
Or maybe it's not quite that dull. The Welsh Lexicon says 'brown, fawn; grey (gray); pale; hoar, hoary, grizzly, grizzled' which adds up to something a bit more interesting.

Anyway you might find this really useful (though sometimes the beginnings of words have their letters 'mutated' which makes them a bit more complicated to find).
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/LexiconForms.html


Keep up the good work, I love reading about all your hillfort visits and your trips to all these lesser-known stones

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Sep 2, 2008 23:07:45
Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:
Ah I've been learning a bit of Welsh lately so I know enough to tell you it means 'Grey Stone'.
Or maybe it's not quite that dull. The Welsh Lexicon says 'brown, fawn; grey (gray); pale; hoar, hoary, grizzly, grizzled' which adds up to something a bit more interesting.

Anyway you might find this really useful (though sometimes the beginnings of words have their letters 'mutated' which makes them a bit more complicated to find).
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/LexiconForms.html


Keep up the good work, I love reading about all your hillfort visits and your trips to all these lesser-known stones

Thanks for that Rhiannon,
A while ago I tried to track down the etymology of the word grey, with no real luck, in an attempt to try and make some sense of it's use as a prefix on so many of our hoary prehistoric monuments.

cheers
fitz

P postman
postman Sep 3, 2008 18:33:44
Replying to Rhiannon

Wow thanks Rhiannon, that site is now on my favourites bit, and will
be really usefull, the only Welsh I know is whats on the road signs, sad hey ?
So Maen Llwyd might be ancient stone, that makes sense
but why so many? do the Welsh have a particular lack of imagination, and so many all tightly packed together, around Kidwelly.
You could go 50 miles in N.Wales and not see any Maen Llwyds down there, they're in every other field .
Hillforts have really got a hold on me now and I shall visit as many as my legs will take me to, ditto on the lesser known stones too, very much so.

Thanks again Postie