[Stones] Pabell Llywarch Hen - Burl Look Up
Cerridwen Connelly
Cerridwen.Connelly at btopenworld.com
Sat Feb 24 11:35:21 GMT 2007
"Carreg y Big"...
More likely this means "stone shaped like a beak" (or spout - as on a jug)
from "pig" the Welsh word for the aforementioned words, which mutates (don't
ask!) to "big" under a variety of grammatical circumstances.
Carreg y Fawr would be "the big stone".
Hwyl,
Cerri
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"for those who honour the past but love living in the present"
> Can anyone out there give me a Burl look up (you know the huge one with
> everything in it), this evening?
>
> The grid ref places it slap bang next to the road, and I'll likely be
> driving past it tomorrow... maps, books, flash earth, coflein show
> nothing. I can't find any reference to this circle, except that a
> dwelling not far west of GR is called "Carreg y Big" - meaning the Big
> Stone.
>
> Pabell Llywarch Hen
> http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1194
>
> Much appreciation,
>
> Tim
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