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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gorseddau Standing Stone Alternative Name: Standing Stone Cwm YstradllynCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Porthmadog Nearest Village: Dolbenmaen
Map Ref: SH5698245533
Latitude: 52.987988N Longitude: 4.132016W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Situated on high ground to the NE of Llyn Ystradllyn this little stone lies 5m from a modern dry stone boundary wall. The stone stands at 0.5m by 0.35m wide and 0.3m at its thickest, and it is firmly rooted. Not much is known about it. The abandoned Gorseddau Quarry is a little further up the valley and there may be some connection there? I spoke with the local farmer, who was sheep gathering and he knew of it but had no awareness of its history.
Coflein has recorded the stone as NPRN 287853.
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