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Saith Maen Stone Alignment, Glyntawe

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NPRN84328
Map ReferenceSN81NW
Grid ReferenceSN8331015400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityTawe-uchaf
Type Of SiteSTONE ALIGNMENT
PeriodBronze Age
Description
A row comprising seven upright or leaning orthostats measuring up to 2.9m long and aligned NNE by SSW.
The surrounding land surface is eroding to reveal a silica-rich clay and gravel subsoil into which the stones are set. All the stones are of Carboniferous silicious grit except for one which is a rounded boulder of Old Red Sandstone.
About 20m to the south is a pile of gritstone standing to 0.25m above the eroded surface, possibly the site of a former orthostat.
The alignment lies within a karst landscape of limestone solution hollows; a large shake hole lies to the immediate north. Extensive industrial workings lie in the vicinity.
David Leighton, RCAHMW, December 1986.