Trefael stone
Introduction
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Trefael stone
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 11 Apr 2012
This ancient monument, marked on the OS map as 'cup-marked stone' close to a footpath running south from Bayvil, has recently been excavated by archaeologists from the University of Bristol. As a result it has been re-classified from a standing stone to the capstone of a portal dolmen. Beads, pottery, charcoal and human bone have been discovered and further examination and radio-carbon dating is intended. The stone carries 75 cup-marks. It is thought the site was used over a period of many thousands of years. See http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8394.html and http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2011/new-discoveries-at-trefael-stone-in-wales for further information.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.028308
Longitude
-4.766897