Maen Hir

Nearest town:
Narberth (12km SSW)
OS reference:
SN155259
OS sheets:
145, 158
Latitude:
51° 54' 1.99 N
Longitude:
4° 40' 55.48 W
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Images

Image of Maen Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 2nd March 2003: This is a side on view of the stone, taken from the west. The enormous (and not very ancient looking) packing stones can be clearly seen.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Mar 7, 2003
Image of Maen Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 2nd March 2003: Here’s another shot from the south (west-ish) with Lou and Alfie in shot. The building in the distance is Maenhir farm.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Mar 7, 2003
Image of Maen Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 2nd March 2003: William (aged 3 and a half if you’re interested in scale) was having trouble staying upright in his new wellies, and he fell over quite spectacularly playing in the mud next to the stone. I use the term mud loosely because I think the field had been spread in the not too distant past.

This shot is taken from the south west (or near enough).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Mar 7, 2003
Image of Maen Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 2nd March 2003: We asked at the farm for permission to see Maen Hir and Coynant Maenhir, and the farmer was very friendly. Here’s the stone viewed (approximately) from the north east. You can clearly make out the holes where a gate was once fitted to the stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Mar 7, 2003

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Maen Hir

C
CARL Oct 15, 2010

Visited 10.10.10
I parked in the hamlet of Pant-Y-Caws and walked the 10 minutes it takes to get to the field in which the stone stands. As with every other site in this area, the field hedgerows are very tall and you need to go to the field gate in order to get a reasonable view of the stone. The stone is at the far end of the field and the two holes in the stone are evident. The stone itself is wide but fairly thin.
Be warned – the further up the farm track you walk the muddier it gets!

Maen Hir

Kammer
Kammer Mar 7, 2003

Visited 2nd March 2003: We walked to Maen Hir, approaching from the west, and asked at Maenhir Farm for permission to see the stone. The farmer was very friendly and said we could take a look at Coynant Maenhir which is also on his land.

He also told us that some 60 years ago the previous farmer had moved the stone and used it as a gatepost elsewhere. He said that ‘they’ made this errant farmer put the stone back in its original location. There may be some truth in this story, as there are holes in the stone, and the packing stones at its base look very un-Bronze Age.

The name Maen Hir means simply Long Stone in Welsh. This term is sometimes used as a generic name for Welsh standing stones.

A word of warning if you visit Maen Hir at a similar time of year to us, the field that it stands in can get very muddy (see photos).

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