I suspect this stone is deeply hidden among the furze for much of the year – certainly others seem to have had a hard time finding it. It is marked as a recumbent stone, with what is probably the broken top section lying beside it, though I think it would look upright if the broken piece were ever to be replaced. The eastern face is relatively smooth and richly stained with orange iron deposits, while the west-facing side is deeply pitted by the weather. Standing where it does, on relatively low-lying marshy ground, I imagine this stone as having once stood in a clearing among the birch and alder trees that covered much of Britain in prehistoric times – a sacred grove, perhaps. It’s actually named for the roadside cottage nearby, originally an inn called The Drover’s Arms.
Larch Grove menhir, Llandegley
12 Wednesday May 2021
Posted menhir, prehistory, Radnorshire, standing stone, Wales
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