Waun Mawn (Welsh for "peat moor") is the site of a possible dismantled Neolithic stone circle in the Preseli Mountains of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The diameter of the postulated circle is estimated to be 110 m (360 ft), the third largest diameter for a British stone circle.[1][2]
The site is located at grid reference SN08393403 around 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south west of Brynberian.[3] This tract of moorland sits on the southern slopes of the 339 m (1,112 ft) hill top of Cnwc yr Hŷdd, just to the north of the broad east-west ridge of the Preseli range.[4]
There are four remaining stones, one standing and three prostrate. Nearby are the "Troed y Rhiw" standing stones and to the west of the main group is another solitary standing stone, the 'Waun Mawn Stone', measuring some 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) high.[5]
^Cite error: The named reference Antiquity was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire, Vol.VII. Royal Commission. 1925. p. 260.
^"Waun Mawn (300423)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^OL35 North Pembrokeshire [Gogledd Sir Benfro] (Map) (A1bar ed.). 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2002. ISBN 978-0-319-23623-9.
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