Ty Mawr

Nearest town:
Holyhead (1km NW)
OS reference:
SH253809
OS sheet:
114
Latitude:
53° 17' 45.06 N
Longitude:
4° 37' 17.91 W
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Images

Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

I was fascinated by the swirling, fluid structure of the stone.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 9, 2012
Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

Blossom pointed out the Easter Island-ness of this lovely stone.

Image credit: A. Brookes (13.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 9, 2012
Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Meic

Ty Mawr – 12th October 2005

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
Meic
Meic Oct 17, 2006
Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by andyg

Notice the blue plastic mesh partially buried. To keep the erosion down?

Image credit: Andy Griffiths
andyg
andyg Aug 19, 2006
Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by andyg

All signs of previous fencing now gone, but there appear to be survey (?) posts in a partial circle around the stone. These arent the posts you see which appear to be a guide for the mower to leave the centre unmowed.

Image credit: Andy Griffiths
andyg
andyg Aug 19, 2006
Image of Ty Mawr (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Moth

I was so glad I bothered! Glad to hear the fence has gone now!

Image credit: Tim Clark
Moth
Moth Aug 30, 2003

Articles

Ty Mawr

C
CARL Sep 20, 2012

Visited 10.9.12

This stone was easy to find (despite the new road system) as it is visible from the road. A generic information board is provided.

This stone has a lot of character and is covered in yellow and ‘hairy’ lichen.

Between the standing stone and the road there is a line of large stones.
These are in the field in which the stone resides and the field next door.
Presumably these are modern and something to do with the road changes?

Ty Mawr

andyg
andyg Aug 19, 2006

Visited : 17/08/06

Got here after Trefignath just down the road, and this is a delight. As we got out of the car there were the first drops of rain from an all-day threatened storm. The same storm engulfed us whole as we left & drove down the A55.

There’s an unmowed circle around the stone with some iron posts to guide the mower. Further out are some short stakes, painted red and with numbers on. These follow a partial circle around the stone. Didn’t see whether they extend all the way round. Has there been a survey done? There’s now some blue mesh plastic half buried in the ground around the stone. Maybe to help reduce erosion.

The long grass puts the stone in a better setting especially when viewed with the Alu plant behind you.

Ty Mawr

IronMan
IronMan Apr 29, 2002

Worth visiting en-route to Trefignath. This standing stone is signposted from the road and can be clearly seen in it’s field. The stone is surrounded by a series of wooden posts holding up a damaged wire fence. The purpose of the fence, it would seem, is to keep the sheep away from the stone – the fact that the fence is damaged makes it pointless and so just adds to the ugly intrusions all around.

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