Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd

Also known as:
Arrow Stone NW of Roman Road
Nearest town:
Llanfairfechan (3km NNW)
OS reference:
SH69237238
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 13' 52.47 N
Longitude:
3° 57' 35.32 W
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Image of Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd (Carving) by thesweetcheat

To help anyone looking for this, the stone is in the centre, in front of the pylon.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.11.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 11, 2025
Image of Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd (Carving) by thesweetcheat

The markings on the stone. Unlike the clearly artificial markings incised on Arrow Stone II, the ones on this stone look much more like natural weathering effects.

Image credit: A. Brookes (8.11.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 11, 2025
Image of Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd (Carving) by postman

Looking over the Arrow stone towards Bwlch y Ddeufaen.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 8, 2013

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Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd

postman
postman Nov 10, 2013

These two Arrow stones would be as far east as we were going, from here I can see distant Moelfre and the saddle where Cefn Coch the very good cairn is, closer to is Dinas, iron age settlement, somewhere closer to me from there is Garreg Fawr cup marked stone. Swinging right to look east is Bwlch Y ddeufaen the pass through the hills that leads to new vistas and many top ancient sites.

This arrow stone was quite easy to find, it’s more or less right under the pylon wires. But when we looked at the stone I prematurely decided this wasn’t the stone I was looking for, the grooves on it were much rougher, less defined, too natural looking, glacial I decided, and walked off to find the real one.
So I found the arrow stone without realising it, I even at Eric’s behest took a photo anyway, more of Bwlch y Ddeufaen than the arrow stone. Then I got home looked more closer at the map made up with Coflein and found out that this is the one, or this is one of the two.

Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd

Idwal
Idwal Sep 30, 2006

This stone lies 10 paces west of the path junction or perhaps more obviously, 30 paces NW of the NW leg of the pylon. The incisions are up to 20 cm long and 2 cm deep.

Coflein describes it as “an arrow stone on the west side of the track near ffridd newydd. It is a natural boulder measuring 2m by 1m and on the upper surface of the stone are groups of parallel cuts from 10-18cm long.”

Miscellaneous

Arrow Stone I near Ffridd Newydd
Carving
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 6, 2025

The 1956 Royal Commission record classed this as an arrow stone:

Arrow stone on the W side of track near Ffridd Newydd, on natural boulder 7ft by 3ft 8 inches. On upper surface of stone are groups of parallel cuts from 10-18cm long.

However, Coflein’s 2004 record is not so sure the markings on this stone are even artificial (unlike Arrow Stone II):

A stone on the west side of the track near Ffridd Newydd. It is a natural boulder measuring 2m by 1m and on the upper surface of the stone are groups of parallel cuts from 10-18cm long.

The features on this stone are due to natural geological weathering, often found on basaltic rocks.

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