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I scurried in here on a very wet day to take this photo. Didn’t stay long.
The Judges Chair on a very wet day.
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This is an easy stone to find, it sits in a little fenced enclosure by the field wall about 20mtrs from the road.The nettles are vicious so take a stick.
This is a delight. I didn’t read Greywether’s account , wish I had. Got hopelessly lost, found an old railway track scaled the embankment with the help of saplings and was rewarded with this.
As Stubob says, a bit of a disappointment. I’m not sure what I was expecting but maybe they’ve sunk or shrunk.
I parked up by the farm and walked back, got wet feet in the grass but not a prob. These are great stones and must have been quite a sight when intact.
Once you are nearer to the stones they take on interesting shapes.
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A sad pile of stones,in fact two sad piles of stones with one standing.
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This stone stands against a wall on the pavement in the village of Penrafelin and is about 3.5 mtrs tall.
Someone must have told the farmer that I was coming, he filled the field with cows and their young.
This is as you walk past it on the footpath.
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Not easy to photograph, you either have to risk life and limb in the middle of a very busy road or clamber on top of the hedge wall. It’s big.
The information marker at The Devil’s Quoit.
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You come past the castle bearing round to the right. After about 1 km there is a lane on the left. Find somewhere to park and walk up the lane to a gate. Follow the path on the left to another gate. A few mtrs past the gate is a stile on the left. Go over and turn right along the hedge tro the burial chamber.
I was given the wrong OS ref for this and searched a very large very overgrown field to no avail. I dejectedly went back to my car and drove back along the road. I happened to glance to my right as I passed a heap of household rubbish and glimpsed the stones peeping out of the undergrowth. These are very strange stones that appear to bow to each other. If you are near Laleston give them a visit.
I have been meaning to visit this for some time, I only live 12 miles away in Bradley Stoke. Why are we reluctant to look in our own backyard?
The view from the top of the barrow looking west.
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This was a beautiful day and I have wanted for a long time to visit this Stone, and it was well worth it.So here it is Rhiannon in all its glory.
Even from a distance looking north it looks impressive
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