[Stones] An Unexpected Find

[Ric]

looks promising!

;-)

Ric

--- Tim P <thehermitoftillywhim at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> 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