Maengwyngweddw (Standing Stone / Menhir) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Maengwyngweddw (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 6th April 2003: A close-up from the west. You can see the bricks around the base of the stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 4, 2003

Image of Maengwyngweddw (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 6th April 2003: The stone viewed from the north west with William (3 and a half years old) for scale, and Craig Ddu in the distance.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 4, 2003

Image of Maengwyngweddw (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 6th April 2003: Almost as soon as we arrived at the stone these of-roaders appeared on the horizon. They were very friendly, waving to us as they went past on the deeply rutted track. I just wish they’d do something a bit less destructive with their spare time.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 4, 2003

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Maengwyngweddw

Standing Stone / Menhir

Kammer Jun 4, 2003

Visited 6th April 2003: Maengwyngweddw is only a short walk from the road, following a rutted ridgeway track that’s used by off-roaders and bikers. There’s a lot of erosion caused by these vehicles, and it’s getting worse because the bikes are making new ruts on either side of the track (presumably as they diverge from the route to avoid the puddles). I’m not a big fan of the 4x4 lot, but I really hate off-road bikers ‘cos they bring erosion and noise pollution! I’ll stop ranting now.

Maengwyngweddw is a small lump of quartz, partially shielded by reeds. Approaching from the west it’s easy to see. For some reason that isn’t entirely clear to me, there are a number of old broken bricks scattered around the area. They’re not modern packing stones, but there are a few around the hollow immediately next to the stone. The hollow is presumably caused by livestock, so perhaps the bricks were intended to stop this erosion. I recently saw a similar thing at Tafarn y Bwlch but done with stones. Maengwyngweddw is a Ceredigion style standing stone – small and squat. It’s worth visiting for the views, but not if you like your prehistoric sites on the big side.

Maengwyngweddw

Standing Stone / Menhir

Kammer Apr 25, 2004

In his book The Spirit Paths of Wales (ISBN: 1-85284-289-X) Laurence Main describes the site in a way that suggests he travels with a tape measure. He also sheds some light on the meaning of the site’s name.

Maengwyngweddw (White-widow Stone) is a striking white quartz boulder about 3ft high and with a circumference of 6ft 8ins…

Maengwyngweddw

Standing Stone / Menhir

Kammer Mar 23, 2006

BBC: Standing Stones of Rhayader

Another excellent little page by local man Roger Hulm. Hulm gives a translation of ‘Maengwyngweddw’ as, ‘the stone of the white widow’, and indicates that it’s a possible allusion to the legend associated with Maen Serth.

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.83km SSE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.95km SE

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Cist • 15.06km WSW

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Newbridge on Wye

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.24km ESE

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Round Cairn • 15.38km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 15.92km WSW

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Round Cairn • 16.32km WSW

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Hillfort • 16.45km NNW

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Cairn(s) • 16.75km NW

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Cairn(s) • 17.98km E

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Penmaen-Gwyn

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.06km WSW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.26km ESE

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Carreg Samson (Llethr)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.29km WSW

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Little Hill cairn III

Cairn(s) • 18.46km ESE

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1
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Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.98km E

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Bryn-y-Crofftau

Ring Cairn • 19.52km WSW

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Cefn-y-Gaer

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Ffrwd Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.58km E

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Carn Fflur

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.58km WSW

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Cairn circle • 19.75km W

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3
Cefn Cerrig

Cairn(s) • 19.88km SW

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Cairn(s) • 19.94km NE