There is also a nearby round barrow.
Text from:
coflein.gov.uk/pls/portal/coflein.w_details?inumlink=6063030
Located on a NW-facing slope in a recreational green area within a housing estate is a turf-covered, circular stony mound measuring 12m in diameter and 1m high on the NW, 0.3m on the SE. Excavations revealed the presence of a stone kerb, traces of which can occasionally be seen around the edge of the mound.
[5 Nov 2007]
Condition good and 17m in diameter. It’s near an old trackway and spring.
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coflein.gov.uk INFO
Large roughly circular earth mound. Approx 20m in dia and 1.3m in height.
Overgrown, poor condition.
Brash line obscuring western edge. Scrub growth obscuring feature such that it is difficult to determine precise extent and nature.
More Info Here:
coflein.gov.uk/pls/portal/coflein.w_details?inumlink=6068797
Standing stone or possibly a scratching post. Best way to access top of hill through Llanvair past a bungalow and you will find a gate on the left.
If you go around the field towards the left you will aslo see the remains of a rather nice castle
Castle pictures and standing stone here:
castlewales.com/llanvair.html
This site has just been cleared. It is approx. 60m in diameter. Access is poor.
Possible barrow ?
POSSIBLE round barrow.
The tumulus on which the Church stands is of uncertain date and may have pre-Christian pagan associations. There is an Iron-age settlement in the village 0.5 mile to the north, and Roman coins have been found here in the churchyard. The chancel stands about central on the tumulus, with the tower alongside on the highest ground. Formerly many fine elms grew around the perimeter, these unfortunately all became victims of the Dutch elm desease.
More Here...
severnbeach.com/southglos/st_arilda_church.htm
[Source Church Flyer]
An oval mound approximately 80 feet by 60 feet by 3 feet. The edge rises abruptly from a “platform” path round the mound. Probably a tree circle, but may be a tumulus.
[Source: ArchSerch]
This stone is within the double security fence at Oldbury PS.
It seems to be opposite Windon BS.
It may be a Standing Stone, Mile Post or Rocky Outcrop whos knows. Anyway it must truly annoy the guy who cuts the grass ;-)
BNFL claim it’s a rocky outcrop, which it may be.
Earthwork remains of a trapezoid-shaped enclosure, possibly an Iron Age hillfort or defended enclosure.
[Source EH]
Ambience cannot be captured by pictures, only a visit will reveal it’s scale and feeling.
Access Notes: This fort appears to be on Private Land. The road past the fort is public access. Park just after M-Way bridge. Walk is about a Mile on rough track. The wood is used for pheasant rearing. Try and obtain permission first, I don’t know who to ask in area.