[Stones] An Unexpected Find

[Tim P]

One of the delightful things about having an obsessive eye for anything 
megalithic, is that sometimes one of the "ooh it's a stone!" moments 
actually is something worth raving about.

Just returned from 8 delightful days in North Wales.

On one day with no planned megaliths, we visited the impressive site and 
sight of Dolbadarn Castle between Lakes Padarn and Peris. Impressive 
keep with the "Highlander" feel to it. I spotted a stone sticking up on 
a mount oozing with ancient vibes, and had to investigate. Even before 
spotting the stone, I saw a rock and thought "now this is where Arthur 
could have drawn the sword from the stone!".

This site is not on the 1:25000 map which I pore over everywhere I go...

I have a short write up, and an uncertain entry from Coflein here, with pics
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16578

Having contacted a couple of archaeologists, they are quite optimistic 
about it. Any more opinions welcome.

But it's not on the map, and therefore, not entered anywhere obviously 
online. As for the thing about stones being damaged from being 
publicised online, there is considerable fire damage at these (see 
pics), about which I'll contact CADW this week.

I just love ancient stones, and this has more than made up for seeing 
sweet foxtrot alpha up Snowdon that morning!

Cheers

Tim

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