MRW Introduction

Wales (or Cymru in Welsh) is one of the four nations that make up the UK. It forms a westward extension of the island of Great Britain. England lies to the east, the Irish Sea to the west, the Bristol Channel to the south and the Dee Estuary to the north.

The Cambrian Mountains cover most of Wales, with Snowdon the highest peak, rising to 1,085m

These works you are about to encounter are merely findings and observations. We have visited all of the sites herein, we have taken various photographs and written what we have felt at the time about the specific site in question. We are just ordinary people with ordinary lives with an interest in the magical, mysterious past of these ancient monuments. This website, therefore, is not only a way of preserving these precious memories for ourselves but, hopefully, it will also act as a guide for anyone else wishing to visit these sites.

Where possible, we have given routes to the sites from the nearest major roads, of course these routes may not always be the best way we went at the time. Once again, the measurements we took, and the results we obtained, we believe to be correct at the time.

Since our quest for these monuments began, we have had the pleasure of experiencing the sheer beauty of our native countryside. More often than not, these monuments are situated in areas of amazing scenic and idyllic tranquility, although they can also, sometimes, be found nestling amongst our everyday suburban lives. Wherever they are, you can be sure they will always be enshrouded in mystery and always open to speculation.

You must always take into account that, not all of these monuments are huge and impressive to the scale of Maen Llia or Carreg Bica. Or the burial chambers on the scale of the likes of Tinkinswood or Pentre Ifan. Sometimes, a lot of the time as it happens, after trudging through inhospitable terrain, in driving wind and rain, you will encounter something about a metre tall. Do not be disheartened, for the next time you could find a "monster" of four metres plus.

We believe all sites are worth visiting, although some only once - perhaps!!

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The Megalithic Research Wales website has been set up to create an Internet Index of the Prehistoric Megalithic sites in Wales. MRW also intends to outline the basic mysteries and legends of such sites, in one presence on the Internet. It is worth noting at this point that MRW is by no means a religious (ancient or modern) site, it is intended to be used for education and further research by those who are interested in the Megalithic Mysteries of Wales. The "Contents Rating" system (found on front page) will enable schools and educational establishments to view the site if the "Content Advisor" or similar system is used to ensure that no harmful content can be viewed on the PC being used to access the internet. There is no harmful content on the MRW site.

Megalithic Research Wales intends to make this site as easy to navigate as we possibly can.

MRW also have a 'ratings' system to help determine what condition the site is in or if the site is worth visiting etc. Click here to find out more

Between us, we have already undertaken significant research but, even with the recent pooling of our resources, we're still a long way off. You will find that the pages, at this early stage, mainly contain the photograph and some details of the dimensions of the stones, we're working on it as fast as we can! If you know if a megalith or monolith (standing stone, stone circle, stone row, cromlech etc) please contact us with the details

If you have any further suggestions to make, please feel free to do so.

A good point to remember when navigating this site:

Clicking on the title image on any of our pages will bring you back to the front page of this site:

Unless otherwise stated, all photography has been undertaken by Jason Freeman or Nicola Hill and is