Llanvair-Discoed (Standing Stone / Menhir) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Llanvair-Discoed (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

Llanvair Discoed “menhir” in muddy isolation.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.5.09)

thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2009

Image of Llanvair-Discoed (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Ike

Ike Sep 22, 2006

Image of Llanvair-Discoed (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Ike

Ike Sep 22, 2006

Image of Llanvair-Discoed (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Ike

For scale as I was my todd in a middle of a field.

Ike Sep 22, 2006

Articles

Llanvair-Discoed

Standing Stone / Menhir

C

CARL Mar 23, 2010

I’m no expert but it didn’t look prehistoric to me. More like a rubbing stone.

Llanvair-Discoed

Standing Stone / Menhir

thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2009

Stopped off briefly on the way down from Gray Hill. The stone stands in the muddy bottom of a field. It’s visible from the road, which is just as well as the field was full of cows and looked soggy and uninviting, so I didn’t linger.

More interesting is the village church (which even sold a postcard of Gray Hill circle, good to see a tolerant attitude to pagan worship!) and a decent pub.

From here it’s off to Llanmelin Wood hillfort.

Llanvair-Discoed

Standing Stone / Menhir

Ike Sep 22, 2006

Standing stone or possibly a scratching post. Best way to access top of hill through Llanvair past a bungalow and you will find a gate on the left.

If you go around the field towards the left you will aslo see the remains of a rather nice castle

Castle pictures and standing stone here:
castlewales.com/llanvair.html

Topics

Everything I post is disputed :-( 2

Ike
Sep 2006

Sites within 20km of Llanvair-Discoed

Gray Hill

Stone Circle • 1.34km NW

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Five Lanes (Caerwent)

Round Barrow(s) • 1.61km SE

1

2
Llanmelin Wood

Hillfort • 1.7km ENE

23

1

4

1
Foresters Oaks Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.2km WNW

11

1

2
Carrow Hill

Hillfort • 2.67km SSW

6

1
Castell Prin

Hillfort • 3.49km WSW

2
Wentwood Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 3.49km WNW

28

4

3
Gaer Llwyd

Burial Chamber • 4.41km N

22

9

1
Crick Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 4.55km E

2

1
Llanfihangel Rogiet

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.65km SSE

7

5

1
Wilcrick Hill

Hillfort • 5.65km SW

10

2
Willis Hill

Enclosure • 6.09km E

3

3
Gaer-fawr (Usk)

Hillfort • 6.4km NNW

1
Chepstow Park Wood

Round Cairn • 6.92km NE

1
Stock Wood

Round Barrow(s) • 7.04km WSW

3
Coed-y-Caerau

Enclosure • 7.11km WSW

1
Heston Brake

Long Barrow • 7.2km E

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8

2
Langstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.25km WSW

4
Llangybi Bottom

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.47km W

2
Great Barnets Wood

Hillfort • 7.67km ENE

1

1

2
Sudbrook

Cliff Fort • 7.93km ESE

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1

4
Cae Camp

Hillfort • 8.59km W

2
Gaer Hill

Hillfort • 9.12km NE

22

1

3
Bulwarks Camp (Chepstow)

Promontory Fort • 9.37km ENE

8

2
Thornwell

Chambered Tomb • 9.5km E

15

2

5
Piercefield Camp

Hillfort • 9.72km ENE

22

3
Lancaut

Promontory Fort • 10.62km ENE

1
Black Cliff

Hillfort • 10.74km NE

24

1

2
Gwent Levels

Mesolithic site • 10.82km SSW

3

1

1
Pen-Rhiw

Enclosure • 10.96km NNW

2
Devil’s Lap of Stones

Cairn(s) • 11.38km NE

7

3
Candwr Camp

Enclosure • 11.43km W

1
Worgan’s Wood

Cairn(s) • 11.79km ENE

3

1
East Vaga

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.04km ENE

3

1
Lodge Wood Camp

Hillfort • 12.11km WSW

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5

1
Goldcliff

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.58km SW

2

3
Campswood Hill

Hillfort • 13.15km NW

2
Oakhill Wood

Ring Cairn • 13.81km NE

9
Harold’s Stones

Standing Stones • 13.82km NNE

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2

19
Wibdon Broadstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.1km ENE

2

2

4
Red Hill (Elberton)

Round Barrow(s) • 14.97km E

1

2
Nuclear Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.22km ENE

2

3
Camp Hill

Enclosure • 16.32km NW

1
St Arilda – Oldbury-on-Severn

Christianised Site • 16.35km E

6

1

4
Coed y Bwnydd

Hillfort • 16.4km NW

2
Tredegar Fort

Hillfort • 16.43km WSW

16

4

1
Oldbury Camp

Hillfort • 16.45km ENE

1

2
Titters Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.59km E

2

2
Elberton Fort

Hillfort • 16.83km E

4

3
King Offa’s Tomb

Round Barrow(s) • 17km ESE

1

2
Almondsbury Fort

Hillfort • 17.62km E

1

3
Portbury

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.88km SE

2

4
Blaise Castle

Hillfort • 18.1km ESE

12

1

1
Kings Weston Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 18.13km ESE

3

1
Kings Weston Hill

Hillfort • 18.13km ESE

14

1

1
Coed y Defaid

Hillfort • 18.13km WSW

1

1
Ty-Canol

Artificial Mound • 18.14km NW

2
Gwern-y-Cleppa

Chambered Cairn • 18.22km WSW

11

8

1
Walton Common

Hillfort • 18.51km S

1
Rhiwderin

Hillfort • 18.54km WSW

3

3
Alveston Down

Round Barrow(s) • 18.6km E

2

1
The Longstone (St Briavels)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.64km NE

1
Wenallt

Round Barrow(s) • 18.8km WSW

1
Mynydd Henllys

Round Barrow(s) • 19.24km W

28

2
Badock’s Wood

Round Barrow(s) • 19.77km ESE

8

1

3

1
Twmbarlwm

Hillfort • 19.93km WSW

32

1

7

1
Druid Stoke

Burial Chamber • 19.95km ESE

8

1

6
Camp Hill (Aylburton)

Hillfort • 19.97km ENE

11

2