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Image of Garrig Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by postman

The house beside the stone is off picture to the right in the trees.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman May 30, 2018

After working on my feet every day I can sympathise with any bronze age standing stone currently having a lie down. So long as someone one day helps it back to it’s feet.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman May 30, 2018

The house next to the stone

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman May 30, 2018

The odd ring of Daffodils that seem to be paying their respects.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman May 30, 2018

For juxtaposing with a kammer pic

Image credit: Chris Bickerton

postman May 30, 2018

Image of Garrig Hir (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 11th February 2004: The stone viewed from the south. Note the green colouration caused by sheep rubbing against it.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 24, 2004

Taken 11th February 2004: Viewed from the south west, the forestry in the background (the chunk to the left) hides a cairn called Garn Wen.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 24, 2004

Taken 11th February 2004: Looking west, this photo of me and Alfie next to Garrig Hir was taken by the gentleman who lives in the house next to the stone.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

Kammer Jun 24, 2004

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Garrig Hir

Standing Stone / Menhir

postman May 30, 2018

I parked the car with daughter within at the little car park just south of Llyn Pendam, and walked into the woods along a track that at first looks like it could take a car, it can’t, fallen trees and bottomless puddles etc.
Soon I was out of the trees and on an open hill side, just as the track plunges down hill, look right, the house is hidden by garden trees, the stone is hidden too, but I was sure of it’s location, so I climbed over the gate and walked the walk. On approach, the standing stones worse nightmare had occurred, the stone was indeed hiding, it was lying down in a ring of dead Daffodils. The ring of Daffodils was a bit odd but shit man the stones fallen over, how very sad. Sadder still, i’m the first to have visited in 14 years apparently, so god knows when it fell.
Looking at the clump still clinging to the bottom of the stone, and the muddy tide mark showing how deep it was inserted, I’d say it let go of the vertical world no more than a year or two ago. It was leaning even when Kammer came, so a bad wind storm or two would have been all it took.
How sad.

Garrig Hir

Standing Stone / Menhir

Kammer Jun 24, 2004

Visited 11th February 2004: This was the last on the list my local standing stones, left ‘til the end largely because it’s slap bang next to someone’s house. There’s a public footpath running past the stone and the house, but it’s not regularly used, and I was very aware that I might seem intrusive.

With Alfie on my back I cautiously approached the stone and the house. We were soon met by a small dog, closely followed by the gentleman who lives in the house and a second (much larger) dog. After the barking had died down a bit we chatted over the garden gate, and were invited in for a cup of tea. It was nice to have some adult company.

Afterwards I took a look at the stone, which leans at quite an angle. There’s a lot of erosion around the base of the stone and a green band indicates where sheep have rubbed against it, leaving paint from their wool. There’s a strong case for a relationship between Garrig Hir and the The Buwch a’r Llo Group. Situated at the head of the valley, the route from this stone would be a logical way to reach sites further east.