Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial

Also known as:
Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri Stone and Penrhyncoch War Memorial
Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (7km WSW)
OS reference:
SN642841
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 26' 15.12 N
Longitude:
3° 59' 52.68 W
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Image of Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 10th January 2003: This is the memorial from the south.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Jan 10, 2003
Image of Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 10th January 2003: Looking south east, this is the War Memorial in the village of Penrhyn-coch. The quartz boulder with the cross on the top of it was formerly a standing stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Jan 10, 2003

Articles

Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial

Kammer
Kammer Jan 10, 2003

I’ve driven past this War Memorial on numerous occassions, and apart from thinking it was made from a remarkably large lump of quartz, never thought anything of it.

More recently I started to wonder about the origins of the this boulder. It reminded me of some of the standings stones in the area (the Glandwr Stone and one of the Pond Nant y Cagal stones). I made some enquiries and a good friend of mine who lives nearby (and has a passing interest in archaeology) assured me that this was probably just a boulder transported from one of the nearby mines.

It was only by coincidence that while I was thumbing through some records in the NMRW looking for something entirely unconnected, I found an the extract from Sainsbury’s thesis (below). This indicates that the stone does have a mining connection, but it wasn’t dug out of the ground by modern miners, it was already standing out in the open. I can’t help feeling a bit smug.

Miscellaneous

Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial
Standing Stone / Menhir
Kammer
Kammer Dec 20, 2002

According to a thesis by AR Sainsbury (published in 1939) the quartz stone that acts as a war memorial in the village Penrhyn-coch was originally a standing stone (standing at SN66138586).

A large menhir of white quartz formerly stood on the crest of the ridge north of the road and 400 yards north-east of the magazine of Court Grange mine. It has since been placed on a plinth and adorned with a cross in the village of Penrhyncoch and now forms the village War memorial. The stone is approximately 5’ in height and 15’ in girth and is rectangular in section.

Apparently the stone was marked on the 1853 OS map, presumably in it’s original location. The stone is sometimes referred to as the Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri Stone, in reference to its original location.

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