Carreg y Big (Arthog)

Also known as:
Llynnau Cregennen Standing Stone
Nearest town:
Barmouth (5km WNW)
OS reference:
SH66171384
OS sheet:
124
Latitude:
52° 42' 18.88 N
Longitude:
3° 58' 51.64 W
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Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

September 2014

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 7, 2015
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

September 2014

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 7, 2015
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

September 2014

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 7, 2015
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

September 2014

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 7, 2015
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

September 2014

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 7, 2015
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

6th July 2004

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Jan 22, 2012
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

Taken from the many gated road that circumnavigates the mountain. Stone on the left.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 14, 2011
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

The little black dot is the standing stone, even with a gods eye view its far away

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 4, 2011
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by morfe

Looking Eastwards up the valley towards Dolgellau, the stone’s profile is much slimmer than the frontal/Southern aspect which faces the mountains.

Image credit: morfe
morfe
morfe Apr 3, 2006
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Visited 24th November 2002: This little stone sits a few metres to the north east of Carreg y Big, but I can’t find any record of it. The stone is obvious and it looks earth fast, so I’m not sure why it hasn’t been recorded (at least as a possible standing stone or boundary stone).

I’ll have to come up with a name for this stone. It reminds me of the little stone called Castell Coch near Buwch a’r Llo in Ceredigion.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Visited 24th November 2002: Looking east, here are the two stones. On the right is Carreg y Big, and on the left is a much smaller stone which I can’t find any record of.

In the background are the southerly of the two Llynau Cregennen (on the left) and the lower slopes of Cadair Idris (on he right).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Visited 24th November 2002: Looking east, with the southerly of the two Llynau Cregennen just poking into shot on the left and the lower slopes of Cadair Idris on he right.

For scale (and because I think they’re great) here are William and Louise, both looking a bit cold. To the left of William, and partly off shot is the small mysterious stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Visited 24th November 2002: Lou and William walking up from the car to Carreg y Big, with Cadair Idris behind them.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002
Image of Carreg y Big (Arthog) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Visited 24th November 2002: Taken from the lay-by where we parked, you can just see Carreg y Big and it’s mysterious small neighbour in the middle of the shot, with the little hill behind them.

The bilingual sign by the lay-by says “Parking for Fishermen Only”. The National Trust still haven’t quite got round to banning all blood sports on their land! We parked in protest (plus there weren’t any fishermen/women around).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002

Articles

Carreg y Big (Arthog)

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 7, 2012

On our way again, we stop briefly in the “fishermen only” parking area, where I get ready to pretend I’ve just misplaced my rod, so that I can have a quick scoot up to Carreg y Big. What a lovely stone, what Burl might describe as a playing card. I always like stones that present different aspects from each side, this is one of those. Squat and chunky looking from the south, it becomes thin and pointy from the west, looking along the valley. The mist-wreathed Tyrrau Mawr provides the unbeatable backdrop to the south. The view of Pared-y-Cefn-hir to the north is entirely blocked off by a little hillock that the stone seems to shelter beside.

Carreg y Big (Arthog)

Kammer
Kammer Nov 27, 2002

Visited 24th November 2002: We drove to Carreg y Big from Waen Bant, and spotted it from the gate (one of many that cross the roads around here). The stone is very close to the road, positioned at the bottom of a small elongated lump of hill on the south west shore of the southerly of the two lakes. The only nearby parking space has a sign next to it saying “Parking for Fishermen Only”. We ignored this and parked.

Carreg y Big is just over two metres high (I’m basing this on the photo of Lou standing next to it), so definitely larger than Waen Bant. We both liked it more than Waun Bant, but not just because it’s larger. The surrounding countryside is spectacular, and while we were there the sun made a last attempt at shining, so the whole scene was something special.

Next to Carreg y Big is a much smaller stone which I have yet to find any reference to. It reminded me of a little stone called Castell Coch near the Buwch a’r Llo standing stones in Ceredigion. I was tempted to name this little stone Carreg y Small, but that would be a horrible thing to do with the Welsh language. I’ll have to come up with something better.

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