Trecenny Stone

Nearest town:
Haverfordwest (21km E)
OS reference:
SM766257
OS sheet:
157
Latitude:
51° 53' 4.29 N
Longitude:
5° 14' 47.56 W
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Images

Image of Trecenny Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

At the ends of the world space is a non-commodity.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 15, 2015
Image of Trecenny Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Dominic_Brayne

The jolly ‘Farmers Stone’. One to lean against and drink deeply from your cider bottle as you survey the land. The Green Man rest here!

Image credit: Dominic Brayne
Dominic_Brayne
Dominic_Brayne Aug 23, 2003
Image of Trecenny Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 20th April 2003: The field that the stone stands in was ploughed into Zen like furrow. This shot is taken from the lane that runs to the north.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 22, 2003
Image of Trecenny Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 20th April 2003: A close up, taken from the lane that runs to the north of the stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 22, 2003
Image of Trecenny Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 20th April 2003: The stone viewed from the east (right by the farm buildings).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 22, 2003

Articles

Trecenny Stone

postman
postman Nov 16, 2015

Take second right hand turn when leaving St Davids on the north part of the A487. When the small lane bends to the right there is a quick parking opportunity on the bend. There may be more conscientious parking by the farm. Fortunately my conscience is on my side so we squeezed in on the bend and leaped over the fence.
The stone is just 30 yards from the car.

What a great stone.
It is tall, wide, slim, and pointy, lichen on the top.
Don’t like farmers fields.
The stone has two sides, both have recess like grooves on them that look artificial but probably aren’t. Looking down from above the stone is wedge shaped, the thin end of the wedge is sharp enough to slice through paper, the wide end is curved rather than flat.
I didn’t stay long, a price to pay for sneaking about maybe, but ive got bigger fish to fry, a fish called dolmen.

Trecenny Stone

C
CARL Jul 6, 2010

Visited 30.6.10.
Easy to find this one. As you drive north up the lane with the farm on your right, you come to two metal field gates opposite each other (couple of hundred yards past the farm). Look over the left hand gate and over to the field on your left – this large standing stone is easily seen. I couldn’t see any obvious access to the stone and the field was full of cows so I settled for a view from the gate.

Trecenny Stone

Dominic_Brayne
Dominic_Brayne Aug 23, 2003

1400hrs Sunday 17th August 2003.

Just outside St David’s, this stone, roughly seven feet tall, stands happily in a well used field. There is no path, and no sign post, but if you find yourself in the farm of Trecenny you have gone too far. Back track one hundred yards north, until you come to a field gate on your right. Look over the hedge on your left and you will see the stone. The farmer was ploughing and gestured to me in a friendly manner, inviting me in, but I could see he was busy, and his tractor took him close to the stone. I had no wish to disturb his chores and contented myself with photographing from the hedge. One thing that is apparent is how brown the stone appears. Maybe it was the surrounding earth, but this feels to be a ‘farmer’s stone’, and one happily existing in its natural landscape. It appears shaped towards the top and on one side, but otherwise a friendly, cheerful stone, lord of all it surveys.

Access is along a winding road, but full mobility would be required to see the stone over the hedge.

Trecenny Stone

Kammer
Kammer May 22, 2003

Visited 20th April 2003: On our way to St David’s to get milk, first thing in the morning, William and I detoured to visit this stone. There’s no public right of way through the field it stands in, but it can easily be seen from the road. I’d have liked to get closer, but the field is sewn with crops, and I didn’t have time to seek out the farmer (even though the farmhouse is very close to the stone).

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