Looking southeast. The stream of the valley which these stones stand in is a tributary of the Afon Rheidol.
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Looking west, Calf in front, Cow behind.
Looking northeast towards Disgwylfa Fawr.
Looking south towards Esgair Gorlan.
Mynydd March standing stone.
Mynydd March standing stone.
Looking from the cattle grid toward Disgwylfa Fawr, the enigmatic ‘Watching Place’.
The larger monolith in the fading light of dusk...
The larger stone...
A further stone stands beyond the cattle grid......
Taken 9th November 2003: Another shot in the morning sunshine, this time from the east.
Taken 9th November 2003: Mynydd March in the morning sunshine on my way to work. This view is from the north east.
Taken 9th November 2003: The stones viewed from the north east, lit up by the morning sunshine. I took this photo on my way to work.
Taken 3rd July 2003: Mynydd March stone from the north east.
Taken 3rd July 2003: The Mynydd March stone from the south west. Things have changed a bit in the area to the north of the stone because the forest has recently been clear-felled.
Taken 20th July 2002: Here are the Buwch a’r Llo stones close up. Whenever I drive through here I stop the car and say hello to them. There’s rarely anyone around, so I don’t have to worry about being locked away!
Just visible above the Llo stone (i.e. the smaller of the two), below the light grey horizon, is Dinas.
Taken July 20th 2002: This shot gives you an idea just how close to the road the Buwch a’r Llo stones are. You can’t really miss them. They’re on the right-hand side of the road after the cattlegrid, coming from the Penrhyn Coch direction.
Taken 20th July 2002: Mynydd March is easy to miss if you’re casually driving past, especially in the summer when the grass is tall. Coming from the direction of Penrhyn Coch, it’s on the right-hand side of the road before the cattlegrid.
Articles
The Mynydd March stone, along with it’s neighbours Buwch a’r Llo, has the easiest access of any standing stone in north Ceredigion. It’s right next to the road, and there’s no boundary fence.
The stone has two distinctive cracks running diagonal across it, presumably caused by weathering. From some angles it looks very strange, like some sort of a half peeled megalithic fruit. Of the three stones on the verge of the road, Mynydd March is the smallest and the easiest to miss as you drive past.
These stones are on one of my routes home, so I see them regularly. They are the best known and most easily accessible of a large number of Bronze Age standing stones in the area.
The Buwch a’r Llo (or cow and calf) stones are on the east side of the cattle grid and the Mynydd March stone is on the west side. All three stones are on the southern side of the road (i.e. on your right coming from Penrhyn Coch), and they are right next to the road.
Watch out for idiots driving scrambler motorbikes and 4x4s in this area. It feels relatively safe walking on the road, but the ‘off-road’ fraternity don’t tend to have their brains engaged when they drive along here.
Interestingly, Coflein reckons the ‘Mynydd March’ stone may once have been known as Mynydd Tarw... so once upon a time, we may well have had ‘Bull, Cow and Calf’ stones:
“A shattered monolith is located just off the south edge of a road, set back from it about 3m in what is now a ditch between the road and an old field bank which forms part of a forestry boundary. The stone is in three (visible) pieces. The largest is 1m high, 0.7m wide and 0.5m thick. Two much smaller pieces have become detached from each of two sides of the stone.
The stone is portrayed on Lewis Morris’s map of 1744 where it is named Maen Tarw. About 100m along the road to the east is Buwch a’r Llo standing stone pair (which is not shown on the 1744 map. However, the latter are shown on Gogerddan Estate map of 1788, annotated `Maen Tarw?. [David Leighton, RCAHMW, 7 February 2013]”
Short stop off at this pair of bovine beauties...
Photos and description of the excellently named Buwch a’r Llo (Cow and Calf) and another nearby standing stone.
Sites within 20km of Buwch a’r Llo and Mynydd March
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Carreg Slic
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Glandwr Stone(s)
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Esgair Gorlan
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Nant Geifaes
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Disgwylfa Fach Stone
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Esgair Nant-y-Moch
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Carn Dolgau
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Blaen Llywernog
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Garrig Hir
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Dinas (Blaenrheidol)
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Disgwylfa Fawr
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Esgair Nant-yr-Arian
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Dinas Hut Circle
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Garn Lwyd Stone and Barrow Cemetery
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Hirnant Circle
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Y Garnedd
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Pen Craig y Pistyll (Ceulanamaesmawr)
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Pen-y-Castell Stone
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Lle’r Neuaddau Circle
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Tanybryn-Isaf (Trefeurig)
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Bryn Rhosau
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Cerrig yr Wyn
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Pen-y-Castell Hillfort
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Bwlch yr Adwy (Ceulanamaesmawr)
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Gelli (Melindwr)
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Garn Wen (Trefeurig)
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Castell Bwa-Drain
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Nant-y-Fedwen
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Darren Camp
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Banc y Darren
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Tan-y-Ffordd
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Aber Camddwr Ring Cairn
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Aber Camddwr Reconstruction
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Dolgamfa Circle
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Carn Owen
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Ysbyty Cynfyn
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Nant Maesnant Fach
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Cwmere Farm Stone
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Y Garn (Pumlumon)
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Bwlch-y-Crwys
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Drosgol (Pumlumon)
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Pen Dinas (Banc Mynydd Gorddu)
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Penrhyncoch Camp
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Pen-y-Felin Wynt
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Devil’s Punch Bowl
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Fron Ddu
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Capel Bangor Camp
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Pond Nant y Cagal Stones
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Craig-y-Dullfan (Pumlumon)
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Pen Pumlumon-Fawr
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Pen Cor-Maen, Pumlumon
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Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial
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Cylch Derwyddol
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Bwlch east of Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr
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Banc Llechwedd-mawr (Pumlumon)
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Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr
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Caer Lletty-Llwyd
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Cerrig Cyfamod Glyndwr
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Hen Gaer
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Cae’r Arglwyddes I
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Cae’r Arglwyddes II (& the White Stone)
photo 11 description 1 -
Cerrig Blaencletwr-Fawr (Esgair Foel-ddu)
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Bedd Taliesin
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Caer Allt-Goch
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Carreg Llwyd (East)
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Carreg Llwyd (West)
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Banc Lluest Newydd (Pumlumon)
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Carn Nant-y-Llys
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Cnwc y Bugail
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Pen y Foel Goch
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Castell Disgwylfa
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Carn Hyddgen (Pumlumon)
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Pen Pumlumon-Arwystli Cairns
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Castle Grogwynion
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Carn Bwlch Corog
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Pen Carreg Gopa
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Old Warren Hillfort
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Carneddau Hafod Wnog
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Carreg Wen
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Carn Fawr
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Copa Hill
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Y Garreg Fawr
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Carnfachbugeilyn
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Carn Biga
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Banc-y-Geufron
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Carreg Samson (Llethr)
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Ffos Gau
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Gaer Fawr, Trawsgoed
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Bryn Dafydd
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Carn Bwlch y Cloddiau
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Trawsallt
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Carnedd Fach
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Pendinas (Aberystwyth)
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Domen Milwyn
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Twmpath y Crynwyr
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Pen-y-Ffrwyd Llwyd Camp
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Carn-y-Rhyrddod
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Craig Ysradmeurig
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Craig y Lluest, Cwmdeuddwr
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Llan Ddu Fawr
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Cantre’r Gwaelod
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Llethr Brith
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Cwmbiga
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Talcen Yr Esgair (Esgair Elan)
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Maen Hir
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Maen Hir, Glan Fedwen
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Cistfaen
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Graig Gethin
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Penycerrig
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Bwlch Graig-Fawr, Teifi Pools
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Carn March Arthur
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Foel Fadian
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Pen-y-Bannau
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Mynydd y Llyn
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Bryn y Fedwen
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Carn y Groes
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Esgair Clochfan
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Blaen Clawdd Du, Cwmdeuddwr
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Maen Llwyd (Machynlleth)
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Capel Maethlon
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Eglwys Gwyddelod
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Staylittle
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Banc Blaenegnant
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Fron y Gog
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Ffridd Bryn Dinas
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Esgair-y-graig
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Cairn between Bryn Dinas and Allt Gwyddgwion
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Penmaen-Gwyn
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Domen Giw
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Lan Fraith
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Cae y Garreg Lwyd
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Garn Wen, Mynydd Bach (North)
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Pen-y-Gaer, Llanidloes
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Ffynnon Drewi (Mynydd Bach)
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Dinas (Trefeglwys)
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Foel Caethle
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Tan-yr-Esgair, Mynydd Bach (South)
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Trum Gelli
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Carn Ricet
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Pen Glog
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Banc Cynnydd, Cwmdeuddwr
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Moelfre (Glantwymyn)
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Bryn-y-Crofftau
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Esgair y Llwyn, Cwmdeuddwr
photo 5 description 1 link 1