

Looking towards Craig-y-Llyn.
Looking towards Tyrrau Mawr, into the splodgy rain. The Carreg y Big stone is just round the other side of the outcroppy hill to the right. The ruins of a long hut are on the left.
Landscape context for the stone; it’s at the foot of the hill, next to a rectangular long hut ruin.
Taken 15th December 2003: Viewed from the east, the road is just visible behind the stone. Note the packing stones around the base of it.
Taken 15th December 2003: The stone viewed from the west (I think) with the boggy ground to the south of the lower Cregennen lake behind it. Note the packing stones.
Visited 15th December 2003: I spotted this stone as we drove along the road between the National trust car park and Carreg y Big. It’s on the eastern side of the road, not far from one of the rocky outcrops that sit between the road and the lake. I was immediately struck by the obvious packing stones around the base of the stone, especially those on the eastern side. I wonder whether anyone has recorded this site before.
As far as I can see this stone is not listed anywhere, so it may not be prehistoric. Having said that it certainly looks the part, but it’s so extremely obvious from the road that I can’t believe it might have been overlooked by the archaeologists.
I’ve named the stone Ffridd y Beudail after the nearby farm house. I’m afraid the grid reference is not very accurate, because I didn’t have my GPS with me when I visited.