Gelli Hill stone

Nearest town:
Llandrindod Wells (5km WNW)
OS reference:
SO09425837
OS sheet:
147
Latitude:
52° 12' 56.25 N
Longitude:
3° 19' 33.5 W
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Image of Gelli Hill stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

After the rain lifts, a panorama of Mid-Wales hills appears.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.10.10)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 26, 2010
Image of Gelli Hill stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

Looking back to the circle (enclosed by fence, centre of picture), with Gelli Hill cairn prominent on the horizon.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.10.10)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 26, 2010
Image of Gelli Hill stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

I think the fence can just be made out , the stone circle is just the other side of it.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 28, 2010

Articles

Gelli Hill stone

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 13, 2012

I head on over to the outlying stone. It can be seen from the circle, so isn’t hard to find in clear weather. Wedge-shaped, is it fallen, was it always recumbent? There are various smaller stones scattered nearby which would make for promising packing material, but might equally just be random scatter. It has very decent views of the big cairn and over the valleys and hills to the west and northwest, I guess maybe towards Pumlumon and the major watersheds of mid Wales.

Gelli Hill stone

postman
postman Nov 28, 2010

After stepping through the fence next to the circle we walked rather blindly into the fog with no more than my memory to go on, it was adequate, we went straight to it, first it was my imagination , then it was a sheep, Eric said its a tractor, it wasn’t, it was the fallen stone. It looks like a big door wedge or block of cheese, with lots of smaller stones about it.
If it was standing it wouldnt be much more than a couple of feet tall, but from the circle it might have been edge on and a perfect horizon marker.

Miscellaneous

Gelli Hill stone
Standing Stone / Menhir
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 24, 2010

Stone associated with nearby circle. Coflein description:

A locally prominent stone, 6’ by 4’ by 2’6”, thought likely to have once been erect. Associated with stone circle (Nprn305814), c.125m to the E.

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