Cerrig yr Wyn

Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (11km WSW)
OS reference:
SN686836
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 26' 2.82 N
Longitude:
3° 55' 59.07 W
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Images

Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

Zooming past the western groovy stone to it’s near nieghbour.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

Looking over the western stone down to the sea

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

The grooved western stone pointing vaguely across the valley to Darren camp hillfort and cairn.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

The smaller more pointy western stone.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

It’s only about three feet tall, but still it’s a nice good looking stone.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

From the eastern stone to the western stone and down the valley to the sea.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by postman

Theres a hill fort on that one

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postman May 30, 2018
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by polar bear

Taken 24th November 2002 – View from behind eastern stone looking west towards other stone.

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polar bear Nov 29, 2002
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by Kammer

Taken 17th October 2002: The eastern stone is in the foreground, and the western stone is marked by the red arrow. Out to sea you can see the rain storm heading in our direction!

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Oct 28, 2002
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by Kammer

Taken 17th October 2002: This is the eastern stone, with William standing next to it looking like a knitwear model.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
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Kammer Oct 28, 2002
Image of Cerrig yr Wyn (Standing Stones) by Kammer

Taken 17th October 2002: This is the western stone with the unusual horizontal groove in it. Behind it (to the left) you can just make out the eastern stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
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Kammer Oct 28, 2002

Articles

Cerrig yr Wyn

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polar bear Nov 29, 2002

I was persuaded by Kammer to seek my first standing stone, and this is what I found. 24th November 2002 at about 2pm I set off, up to the small village(?) of Cwmsymlog. I’d passed (unknowingly) the standing stones many times before while out mountain biking.
These two stones, Cerrig yr Wyn, which probably means Stones of the Lambs, or possibly a bad translation to Welsh from White Stones.

I wonder if anybody will ever clarify that.

My favourite of these two stones is the western stone, because it has so many distinguishing features.

Cerrig yr Wyn

Kammer
Kammer Oct 28, 2002

Visited 17th October 2002: Two days after my son Alfie was born I headed off with William to misuse my paternity leave and find these two stones. I had kept them ‘up my sleeve’ for use in emergency (break glass if long distance travel is not possible).

Without the aid of the trusty OS map (I had left it in the office on the day before Alfie’s birth) I eventually found my way to Pen-bont Rhydybeddau by a circuitous route. I then followed my nose to where I thought the stones should be and surprised myself by spotting them as we drove past.

A public footpath runs directly between the two stones, and where it meets the road there is just enough space to park. It was bloody cold, and the beautiful view down the valley and out to sea was marred slightly by what was obviously an enormous rain storm heading our way.

Both stones are striking, and typical of standing stones in the area they aren’t very tall. The western stone has an interesting horizontal groove on one side, which looks like it might be natural. I was impressed by the whole place, the setting and the stones. It felt very grey and old.

After half an hour of exploration we made it back to the car just as the rain came. It was a memorable visit, and we both had a lot of fun. I’d recommend a visit if you’re in the area.

Miscellaneous

Cerrig yr Wyn
Standing Stones
postman
postman May 30, 2018

Found this on Coflein

Two small standing stones standing apart in sloping pasture, divided by an old trackway or bank. The name translates as ‘the stones of the lamb’ (source: Os495card; SN68SE11). That to the east is the larger, a rectangular flat slab, while that to the west is a far smaller pointed stone. Both stones appear to occupy small platforms shelved into the hillslope, but the apparent platform below the western stone seems to be a lump of naturally outcropping rock, rather than an artificial platform. The stones are overlooked from the north-east by a large rounded outcrop in the field, which has the form of a Bronze Age barrow but is again a natural feature. It is entirely possible that its resemblance to a burial mound influenced the siting of the two standing stones here. A further possibility advanced by Simon Timberlake is that the two stones mark the line of a longer Bronze Age trackway coming up from the coast, via Clarach, Gogerddan and Penrhyncoch, and climbing into the foothills around Plynlimon passing other standing stones (see: Timberlake, S., 2001. Mining and prospection for metals in Early Bronze Age Britain: making claims within the archaeological landscape. In: Bruck, ed., Bronze Age Landscapes: Tradition and Transformation. Oxbow, 179-192.). This is a possibility, although difficult to prove, as these stones command spectacular views west along the valley of the Nant Silo.

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