Name of monument
Glynsaithmaen
Also known as
Maen-y-Parc
Type of site
Dimensions (approx)
H:
2.5m
W:
1.1m
D:
0.43m
LR Grid Reference
OS Map Number
LR 145
Nearest Village
Nearest Town
Property Type
Access
MRW Access rating
MRW Site Rating
Other information
Legends / stories attached to this monument. Inscriptions. See who has provided other information.
To
locate this site, carrying on the same road from Mynachlog-Ddu
to Rosebush, assuming you have just visited Cerrig
Meibion Arthur.
You
will cross a cattle grid and soon pass what we assume to be a farmhouse set
back on your left, soon after this the road will take a sharp left, as it
straightens out it will also start to rise. Carry on for a very short while,
if memory serves correctly the road widens and there is a gate to a field on
your right.
If
you stop and take a peep over the gate, the stone can clearly be seen on the
left hand side of the field, near enough against the fence. If however you
cannot see the stone, its simply a case of stopping at the next gate and
doing the same.
We
found it using the LR map quite easily. The stone itself, as with many of
the sites, is quite exceptional. What
strikes you is, as you approached the stone you cannot help but notice its
rather obscure shape, whilst being a very domineering feature.
There is another stone in the field on the opposite side of the road, close to the house by the cattle grid, but we have yet to visit that one. It has also been suggested that the two once formed part of a stone row. The legitimacy of this claim we do not know, but that for us is the magic of this research, the sheer mystery of it all. This monument is well worth a visit, an exceptional feature of our ancient landscape.
