Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by Kammer

Taken 19th April 2003: These two stones are not the Rhos Fach Standing Stones, but two nearby modern stones. They are much more obvious than the Rhos Fach stones, standing on common land on either side of the road.

The stone on the right was airlifted down from Carn Meini in 1989 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (not sure that I can see the connection). The stone on the left is a memorial to someone called Waldo, who died in 1971.

The following translation is taken from the book Saints and Stones (ISBN 1-84323-124-7) by Davies and Eastham:

Wall of my boyhood,
Foel Drygarn, Garn Gyfrwy, Tal Mynydd.

At my back
In all independence of mind

Foel Drygarn is the peak to the north, capped with an Iron Age Fort and three enormous Bronze Age cairns. Garn Gyfrwy is a rocky outcrop to the east of Carn Meini.

Image credit: Simon Marshall