Nant-y-Maen

Nearest town:
Llanwrtyd Wells (16km ESE)
OS reference:
SN762583
OS sheets:
146, 147
Latitude:
52° 12' 30.71 N
Longitude:
3° 48' 43.26 W
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Images

Image of Nant-y-Maen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 23rd March 2003: As we we leaving the sun set over the hills, so I grabbed this shot with the stone in the foreground.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003
Image of Nant-y-Maen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 23rd March 2003: I took this shot to try and show the two thin seams of quartz running through the Nant-y-Maen stone. They’re very distinctive, and must have been a contributing factor for the people who chose the stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003
Image of Nant-y-Maen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 23rd March 2003: The stone from the north, as seen on the approach from the farm.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003
Image of Nant-y-Maen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 23rd March 2003: From the south west, with Louise and Alfie posing for scale.

In the background (above Lou’s head) is Cefncerrig, which has a cairn just west of it’s summit, and another on it’s southern slope.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003
Image of Nant-y-Maen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 23rd March 2003: This is the view of the stone from the farm track, through a telephoto lense. If you don’t get permission to visit the stone, this is about as close as you’ll get to it.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003

Articles

Nant-y-Maen

Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003

Visited 23rd March 2003: We drove up to the farm and asked permission to go and see the standing stone. The farmer was fine with this, and asked us to park in the yard. Here we were met by a big friendly horse who thought he was about to get his dinner (William loved that).

The stone is very near the farm, but approaching from the farm it’s difficult to spot until you’re almost next to it. I found this site rather charming because the stone itself leans at an extreme angle, and is surounded by farmyard tat (a tractor tyre, an old gate and a water tank). The objects around the stone probably protect it from livestock.

We spent a while at the stone, and came away with a a good feeling about it. Well worth a visit if you’re in the area, but only if you don’t mind standing stones that are barely standing.

Miscellaneous

Nant-y-Maen
Standing Stone / Menhir
Kammer
Kammer Apr 10, 2003

Ironically it looks like Nant-y-Maen gets it’s name from the nearby stream, which is itself named after the stone! Translating from the Welsh, nant means stream, and maen means stone. So the stream’s name means Stream of the Stone.

The nearby farm also has the name Nant-y-Maen, so it’s probable that this is the way it panned out...

1) The stream was named after the stone.
2) The farm was named after the stream.
3) The stone was named after the farm.

I suppose that the next logical step would be to rename the stream Nant-y-Nant-y-Maen.

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