Cefn Maen Amor

Nearest town:
Penmaenmawr (3km WNW)
OS reference:
SH738735
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 14' 35.29 N
Longitude:
3° 53' 29.06 W
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Images

Image of Cefn Maen Amor (Stone Circle) by postman

Maen Penddu is just down hill from here, fifty yards at most, but it cant be seen from the circle. Hmmmm?

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 22, 2012
Image of Cefn Maen Amor (Stone Circle) by postman

Just over that crest is the Druids circle and environs

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 22, 2012
Image of Cefn Maen Amor (Stone Circle) by thesweetcheat

The tiny stones are almost covered in heather. Looking SE.

Image credit: A. Brookes/Bloss (30.7.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 31, 2011
Image of Cefn Maen Amor (Stone Circle) by thesweetcheat

Looking out to Conwy Bay – Great Orme can be seen from here to the right, but is near-invisible in the haze.

Image credit: A. Brookes/Bloss (30.7.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 31, 2011
Image of Cefn Maen Amor (Stone Circle) by thesweetcheat

What we took to be two of the diminutive stones of the circle, left and centre foreground.

Image credit: A. Brookes/Bloss (30.7.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 31, 2011

Articles

Cefn Maen Amor

postman
postman Jun 22, 2012

About a kilometer west of Llangelynin Church, a visit should be combined with that of Maen Penddu, indeed it should be unavoidable they are so close, about fifty yards at most.
Situated slightly above the standing stone and out of view of it, does that have any meaning I don’t know.
The stones, of which I could only find five, are very small and easily lost in the heather, one of which had broken so I expertly put it back together again as best I could.
The circle is cut off on its south side by the footpath that runs past it, the map says cairn but the stones say circle, i’m going with circle as it’s more exotic?
The exact siting of the stone circle if that is what it is, is a tad perplexing, it shuns views north to the Druids circle and environs, it hides over the rise from Maen Penddu, you cant even see down to the river Conwy, it is well and truly hidden amongst the hills.

Cefn Maen Amor

ShropshireTraveller
ShropshireTraveller Aug 1, 2004

Cefn Maen Amor stone circle has absurdly small stones, no higher than 1 foot, and easily lost under the bilberry and heather. Marked on OS maps as a cairn just to the north west of Maen Penddu standing stone, on a higher track, this is situated on a flat area, just beneath the highest terrain (as many circles are).

Locating it was a matter of careful map reading, and looking for conspicuous bumps to the north of the track. After some work with my boots, I was able to make visible the stones that could easily be made visible.

Some five stones were visible in the end, with a sixth looking like an errant natural stone. I could feel probably another stone under the ground in line with the others.

The circle is there, but not as grand as one may have hoped!

Cefn Maen Amor

treaclechops
treaclechops Apr 28, 2004

This is clearly an important and impressive site – and the views it commands must be stupendous. On this occasion, we saw it from the Red Farm circle; yet the size of the boulders that form it are huge, gazing down magisterially from their lofty summit, a significant sight for miles around.

Footpaths circle the whole of the mountain. To reach the peak, the footpath crossing the southwestern side is probably the best choice, but it will still necessitate a hearty stroll across the mountaintop on unmarked land.

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