Cerrig Myrddin / Merlin's Quoits
Introduction
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Cerrig Myrddin / Merlin's Quoits
Image: © Alan Richards Taken: 2 May 2011
Y maenhir hwn ynghyd a charreg arall gerllaw (wedi ei chuddio'n rhannol y tu ol i lwynyn) yw'r unig beth syn weddill o gromlech o'r Oes Neolithig (tua 3000 CC). Gelwir y meinihirion hyn yn 'Cerrig Myrddin' oherwydd, yn ol y chwedl, roedd Myrddin, y dewin pwerus, yn hoff iawn o chwarare coets gyda nhw. The standing stone is one of a pair (the other is partially hidden behind a bush) which are in fact the remnants of a Neolithic Cromlech built around 3000 BC. Centuries later the stones became linked with the legendary wizard, Merlin, who used them as quoits hence its English name.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.81861
Longitude
-4.352796