Cefn Llyn

Standing Stone / Menhir
SO02056506

Also known as:

Dol Maen Gwyn and Maen Gwerncynydd

Nearest town:

Llandrindod Wells (5km SE)

OS reference:

SO02056506

OS sheets:

136, 147

Latitude:

52° 16' 28.18 N

Longitude:

3° 26' 8.75 W

Added to TMA by

postman

Images (4)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Cefn Llyn (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

A bug named Tony (Why are they always called Tony)

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman Apr 30, 2011

Image of Cefn Llyn (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman Apr 30, 2011

Image of Cefn Llyn (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman Apr 30, 2011

Image of Cefn Llyn (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman Apr 30, 2011

Articles

Cefn Llyn

Standing Stone / Menhir

postman Apr 30, 2011

I have returned, and this time I shall dispense with any formalities and jump the gate (the stone is indeed more or less on a marked footpath). Rewards: A stone that’s nearly as tall as me and quartz all down one side, a tractor whirred in the background and an unfamiliar bird call. Nothing about but me and the stone,(and a bug named tony) just the way it should be.

Cefn Llyn

Standing Stone / Menhir

postman Apr 30, 2011

Coflein says this about the standing stone A tapering stone, 1.4m high by 0.8m by 1.0m, in a field formerly known as Dol maen gwyn

When we tried a visit we took a wrong turn and found ourselves knocking at a door where had anyone been in they would have told us they didn’t know anything about it.
Twenty minutes later the kids and I entered a farm yard and asked a young lady if she knew the best way to the stone ” oh the stone yes i’ll ask me dad the best way, come with me ” she said. We did as we were bidden, but then the canny welsh farmer played his role to the hilt “What stone ?” he said (If his daughter knows of it then so must her dad)
I showed him the map and “Ooooh that stone, that stone? he would have been entertaining had we not come so far. Then he went on to say the stone was on a neighbours land who was now in the middle of bailing hay and you dont want to go trampling his hay do you. I could see I wasnt going to get far today ( perhaps a dawn raid in full surveilence mode was needed) we thanked him and turned to leave, then looking at the map I saw that a public footpath went straight through his farm and straight to the stone. I was tired and we had already lost the light. Decidedly unhelpful Welsh farmer 1
Curious warrior postman 0

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Cairn(s) • 7.11km ESE

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Cairn(s) • 7.5km WSW

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Broomy Hill

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Cairn(s) • 7.57km ESE

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Cairn(s) • 7.8km SW

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Cairn(s) • 7.85km WSW

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Stone Row / Alignment • 8km SW

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Stone Row / Alignment • 8.57km SW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.6km SSW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.65km ESE

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Cairn(s) • 9.8km ESE

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 10.34km ESE

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Stone Row / Alignment • 11.65km WSW

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.84km E

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.85km WSW

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Round Cairn • 11.88km SE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.92km ESE

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Ring Cairn • 12.09km SW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.16km WSW

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Round Cairn • 12.28km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 14.92km W

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Cairn(s) • 14.93km WSW

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Cup Marked Stone • 15.12km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 15.3km W

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Cairn(s) • 15.34km W

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Cairn(s) • 15.49km NNW

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Round Barrow(s) • 15.5km E

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.61km E

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Stone Row / Alignment • 15.84km E

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.89km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 15.96km W

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Cairn(s) • 15.97km W

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.05km ESE

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1

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Ring Cairn • 16.13km NNW

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Pegwyn Mawr I

Round Cairn • 16.13km N

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Round Barrow(s) • 16.23km W

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Cairn(s) • 17.09km WSW

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Round Cairn • 17.45km WNW

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1
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Round Barrow(s) • 17.55km E

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3
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Ring Cairn • 17.91km SW

7

1
Carn y Groes

Round Cairn • 17.99km WNW

8

1

1
Esgair Clochfan

Round Cairn • 18.21km WNW

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1
Cefn Wylfre

Stone Circle • 18.37km ESE

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2
Bache Hill and the Whimble

Round Barrow(s) • 18.55km E

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1

6

3
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Stone Circle • 18.96km SSE

21

1
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Round Cairn • 19.13km SW

6

1

1
Rhiw Porthnant

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.26km NNE

20

2
Drum Nant y Gorlan

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.34km WSW

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Beacon Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.47km NE

11

1
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Stone Circle • 19.49km ESE

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Maen Hir, Glan Fedwen

Kerbed Cairn • 19.56km W

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1

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Maen Hir

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.59km W

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2
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Cairn(s) • 19.64km W

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1

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Cistfaen

Cairn(s) • 19.69km WNW

13

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Twyn-y-Big

Round Cairn • 19.71km SSE

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1