Английская Википедия:Bryn Gwyn stones
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The Bryn Gwyn Stones (Шаблон:Lang-cy) or Bryn Gwyn Standing Stones are neolithic stones in Brynsiencyn on Anglesey.
Description and History
The Bryn Gwyn stones stand about Шаблон:Convert to the south-west of Castell Bryn Gwyn, on the low ridge some Шаблон:Cvt above the valley of the Afon Braint on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.[1]
They are the tallest standing stones in Wales, nearly Шаблон:Cvt. In 1723 Henry Rowlands described them as part of a ruinous circle of eight stones, some Шаблон:Cvt across. An account of 1797 says that "ignorant country people supposing money was hid under them tore them up" and today only two stones, one slab and one pillar, stand in a modern field bank. Nothing else is visible on the ground, but a 2008 excavation found three pits of standing stones, two containing stone stumps,[2][3] consistent with the record by Rowlands. Further excavations in 2010 identified the pits of three more removed standing stones, making seven identified in all of the eight expected to make up the original circle.[4][5]
The pit of a further stone, inside the circle, shows it was a 'blade-style' stone, with an alignment with the summer solstice sunrise and winter solstice sunset.[5] A public footpath runs past the stones from Bryngwyn-mawr on the A4080 road, continuing north-east on a low ridge past Castell Bryn Gwyn and some 800 metres further to Caer Lêb. From the Bryn Gwyn Stones the midsummer sun rises over the centre of Castell Bryn Gwyn.[6]
In the 18th century a cottage was built with the wide stone as its end wall. Notches round its top show where roof timbers had been fitted. With the removal of the cottage (which had occupied an area inside the stone circle)[5] the stones were used as a gateway through the field hedge.[7]
Further to the north-east at Tre'r Dryw Bach, another large stone circle was reported by 18th century visitors but has since been cleared away.[3]
See also
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Anglesey
- List of stone circles
- Castell Bryn Gwyn
- Archaeology of Wales
References
External links
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- ↑ BRYN GWYN STONES, BRYNSIENCYN, ANGLESEY EVALUATION EXCAVATION 2008 PRELIMINARY REPORT. Project No. G1629. Report No. 790 Prepared for Cadw March 2009. By George Smith. "Report 790". Accessed 31 Jan 2016.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Cyfeillion Ymddiriedolaeth Archaeolegol Gwynedd, Haf 2009. Friends of the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Summer 2009. Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Survey, pp 32-33.
- ↑ BRYN GWYN STONES, BRYNSIENCYN, ANGLESEY: EXCAVATION 2010, PRELIMINARY REPORT. Project No. G1629. Report No. 942. Prepared for Cadw March 2011 By George Smith. Accessed 31 Jan 2016
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 A re-discovered stone circle, Bryn Gwyn, Anglesey GAT preliminary excavation report and site plan, 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Watprn, Archwilio archaeological database
- ↑ Шаблон:Watprn, Coflein site database of RCAHMW
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