The whispering knights. Believed to be the oldest stones on the rollright stones site. A collapsed portal dolmen.

The Gnoll stone ( Cefn Hurfynydd) in Swansea museum. Part of a Celtic wheel cross. The image of a Celtic Christian priest with his hands held up in prayer. He is wearing a pleated kilt. 11th century.
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The whispering knights. Believed to be the oldest stones on the rollright stones site. A collapsed portal dolmen.

The Maerdy Oak at St Fagans museum, Cardiff. Apologies, the photo does not do it justice.
This is one of the oldest woodcarvings in Europe dated to 4250 BCE.
It was found by workmen whilst working on a substation for the solar farm near Maerdy in the Rhondda.
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Uffington castle hill fort. You can see the entrance in the middle. View taken from the path off the ridgeway leading around to the uffington white horse.
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Belas Knap long barrow. False portal entrance. A wonderful tomb reconstruction and great walk near Winchester.
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Dina’s Powys hill fort. Vale of Glamorgan. Often overlooked as it’s covered in trees and not a large site. In use from pre Roman in its first phase to early medieval post Roman in its latter stages.
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Painted lady

Bryn Celli Ddu, Anglesey, North Wales.

Coeten Arthur Neolithic tomb. St David’s head, west wales overlooking Ramsey Island. The historic landscape includes a further collapsed Neolithic chamber and Bronze Age hill fort.

Carreg Samson. Lovely Neolithic dolmen near Abercastle, west Wales. Relatively easy access off the coastal path.