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Monmouthshire (County) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 1 piece of folklore, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.

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2 posts Bedd y Gwr Hir Cairn(s)	2 posts Black Cliff Hillfort	10 posts Bulwarks Camp Hillfort
2 posts Cae Camp Hillfort	2 posts Campswood Hill Hillfort	1 post Candwr Camp Enclosure
10 posts Carn-y-Defaid Cairn(s)	23 posts Carn Blorenge Cairn(s)	7 posts Carreg Maen Taro Standing Stone / Menhir
2 posts Castell Prin Hillfort	1 post Chepstow Park Wood Round Cairn	2 posts Coed y Bwnydd Hillfort
3 posts Crick Barrow Round Barrow(s)	10 posts Devil's Lap of Stones Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Five Lanes Round Barrow(s) (Destroyed)
8 posts Foresters Oaks Round Barrow Round Barrow(s)	1 post Gaer-fawr (Usk) Hillfort	9 posts Gaer Hill Hillfort
32 posts Gaer Llwyd Burial Chamber	7 posts Garn Wen Cairn(s)	42 posts Gray Hill Stone Circle
3 posts Great Barnets Wood Hillfort	68 posts Harold's Stones Standing Stones	24 posts Hatterrall Hill Promontory Fort
33 posts Heston Brake Long Barrow	1 post Larches Hillfort	13 posts Llanfihangel Rogiet Standing Stone / Menhir
2 posts Llangybi Bottom Standing Stone / Menhir	10 posts Llanmelin Wood Hillfort	11 posts Loxidge Tump, Black Mountains Cairn(s)
1 post Maen Llwyd (Llanddewi Skirrid) Standing Stone / Menhir (Destroyed)	2 posts Middle Hendre Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Pen-Rhiw Enclosure
15 posts Pen-Twyn Camp (Crucorney) Hillfort	21 posts Piercefield Camp Hillfort	10 posts Rhiw Arw Cairn(s)
21 posts Sudbrook Cliff Fort	20 posts Thornwell Chambered Tomb	25 posts Twyn y Gaer Camp Hillfort
2 posts Ty-Canol Artificial Mound	19 posts Wentwood Barrows Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Wilcrick Hill Hillfort
25 posts Ysgyryd Fawr Sacred Hill

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Llanvair-Discoed Standing Stone / Menhir

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Willis Hill Enclosure

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I don't know where this can refer to. Perhaps someone reading will know. The folklore is just what you'd expect for a prehistoric site.

Gentlemen - Some few years ago I was travelling on a coach between Chepstow and Abergavenny, when my attention was drawn to some large stones lying prostrate on the right hand side of the road, but on which side of the town of Usk I cannot now remember.

.. I found that in the eyes of the coachman, and also of the whole neighbourhood, they were considered rather as a lion, not on account of being Celtic remains, but because it had required the united force of the farm-horses of the neighbourhood to pull them down, and that they could not even then remove the disunited masses from the spot.

Thanks, Mr Richard GP Minty for your vagueness. Perhaps the stones have gone now anyway? But you never know, especially if they were that stubborn.

from 'Archaeologia Cambrensis' v II (1847), p 275.

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