Rhos Fach Standing Stones

Nearest town:
Narberth (16km S)
OS reference:
SN134304
OS sheet:
145
Latitude:
51° 56' 24.98 N
Longitude:
4° 42' 54.03 W
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Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by thesweetcheat

With the wonderful jagged crags of Carn Menyn on the skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.4.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 10, 2023
Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by thesweetcheat

With Foel Cwmcerwyn over on the left skyline. The field is less overgrown than in previous photos. The combination of uneven wall, ditch, barbed wire and gorse between me and the stones is out of shot. Access should be easier from the north, but we didn’t have time to investigate further.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.4.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 10, 2023
Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by ttTom

Rhos Fach stones with Carn Meini in the background. Sadly the stones are now becoming dwarfed by rushes

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ttTom Feb 22, 2013
Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by Kammer

Taken 19th April 2003: These two stones are not the Rhos Fach Standing Stones, but two nearby modern stones. They are much more obvious than the Rhos Fach stones, standing on common land on either side of the road.

The stone on the right was airlifted down from Carn Meini in 1989 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (not sure that I can see the connection). The stone on the left is a memorial to someone called Waldo, who died in 1971.

The following translation is taken from the book Saints and Stones (ISBN 1-84323-124-7) by Davies and Eastham:

Wall of my boyhood,
Foel Drygarn, Garn Gyfrwy, Tal Mynydd.

At my back
In all independence of mind

Foel Drygarn is the peak to the north, capped with an Iron Age Fort and three enormous Bronze Age cairns. Garn Gyfrwy is a rocky outcrop to the east of Carn Meini.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 21, 2003
Image of Rhos Fach Standing Stones by Kammer

Taken 19th April 2003: Looking east towards Bryngwyn (and it’s transmitter mast).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 21, 2003

Articles

Rhos Fach Standing Stones

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CARL Jul 8, 2010

Visited 30.6.10.
Really easy to visit. Park by the large car park next to the two stone monuments. There is an interesting plaque next to one of the modern standing stones about how the bluestones from Stonehenge came from the area. Walk north to edge of field and look over the wall – the stones are right in front of you. To get closer you need to hop over the fence and walk through waist high nettles and ‘spikey grass’. One stone is about 6ft high – the other about 5ft. Great views od Carn Meini mountains to the north.

Rhos Fach Standing Stones

postman
postman Aug 2, 2009

Park by the two modern stones, head north about 100m then go to the wall on your left the stones are on the other side, it’s easily crossed.
Two tall nicely shaped stones sitting quietly beneath the hills and mountains.

Rhos Fach Standing Stones

Kammer
Kammer May 21, 2003

Visited 19th April 2003: Louise chose this site as a minor detour on our way to Gors Fawr. The first thing we saw was one of the two modern standing stones on the common. We parked up near these and my initial reaction was to check the Landranger in case we’d entirely screwed up. Having established that one of the modern stones is marked on the map as a monument, we set out to find the real thing.

The Rhos Fach Standing Stones aren’t on the common land, but to the north of it, hiding behind a huge forest of gorse. You can get good views of them from the common land, with Carn Meini behind them. We were extremely lucky with the weather, and the whole setting was beautiful (if a bit windy). I’d definitely recommend a visit to anyone visiting Gors Fawr.

The name Rhos Fach means little moor or little heath.

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