Llanvair Discoed “menhir” in muddy isolation.
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For scale as I was my todd in a middle of a field.
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I’m no expert but it didn’t look prehistoric to me. More like a rubbing stone.
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.
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:
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Gray Hill
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Five Lanes (Caerwent)
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Llanmelin Wood
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Foresters Oaks Round Barrow
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Carrow Hill
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Castell Prin
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Wentwood Barrows
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Gaer Llwyd
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Crick Barrow
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Llanfihangel Rogiet
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Wilcrick Hill
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Willis Hill
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Gaer-fawr (Usk)
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Chepstow Park Wood
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Stock Wood
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Coed-y-Caerau
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Heston Brake
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Langstone
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Llangybi Bottom
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Great Barnets Wood
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Sudbrook
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Cae Camp
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Gaer Hill
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Bulwarks Camp (Chepstow)
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Thornwell
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Piercefield Camp
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Lancaut
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Black Cliff
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Gwent Levels
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Pen-Rhiw
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Devil’s Lap of Stones
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Candwr Camp
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Worgan’s Wood
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East Vaga
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Lodge Wood Camp
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Goldcliff
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Campswood Hill
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Oakhill Wood
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Harold’s Stones
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Wibdon Broadstone
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Red Hill (Elberton)
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Nuclear Stone
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Camp Hill
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St Arilda – Oldbury-on-Severn
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Coed y Bwnydd
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Tredegar Fort
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Oldbury Camp
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Titters Hill
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Elberton Fort
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King Offa’s Tomb
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Almondsbury Fort
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Portbury
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Blaise Castle
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Kings Weston Hill Barrows
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Kings Weston Hill
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Coed y Defaid
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Ty-Canol
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Gwern-y-Cleppa
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Walton Common
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Rhiwderin
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Alveston Down
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The Longstone (St Briavels)
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Wenallt
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Mynydd Henllys
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Badock’s Wood
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Twmbarlwm
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Druid Stoke
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Camp Hill (Aylburton)
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