One
of the best known neolithic sites in S.Wales is Maen Ceti Or Arthur's
stone. According to ancient Welsh texts the stone is one of the "Three
Wonderful things of Britain". The other two wonderful things are
Silbury Hill near Beckhampton
in Wiltshire and Stonehenge on Salisbury plain. In fact the fame of the
stone was such that a group Breton soliders destined for the Battle of
Bosworth, made a sixty mile detour to pay their respects to it. Many
legends surround the stone, again we have the common motif that the stones
go down to the sea to drink at midnight, it is also said that on
Midsummer's eve they visit Burry stream to drink. Others are that the
stone was a pebble thrown from king Arthurs boot from the other side of
the estuary which it overlooks. A split in the capstone is said to have
been made by St.David in order to prove "That it was not sacred".Once
split he then commanded a spring to run from underneath which was said to
"flux and re-flux with the sea". You can see this "spring"
in the photograph below. In fact the broken capstone is more likely to be
the work of a local miller who needed a new millstone. Another Arthurian
legends states that the king can been seen riding a white horse on a
nearby path but can only be seen by moonlight. The path spoken of may be a
despoiled avenue leading to the stones. Unfortunately
because the stone is so well known and easily accessible from a nearby
road it has been vandalised by some idiots with no idea of the antiquity
of the place or with the former respect in which it was/is held. In
addition the dolmen there is a large flattened cairn nearby. If you
approach the stones from the main pathe then the dolmen is of to the right
on a short path. When I took the photographs I ended up approaching from
the West, this was more by accident than by design but it did give me a
view of the cairn which you can't get from the path. The cairn is
suprisingy bright looking almost white in the distance. This is due to the
high concentrations of quartz in the stone. It is situated in the Gower
Penisular near Swansea in South Wales near the village of Reynoldstone.
Just before you come to the village you will see some moorland on the
right of the road. The stone is short walk from the road. If you go during
the summer months then you should find an ice cream van marking the spot
<sigh>
One
of the best known neolithic sites in S.Wales is Maen Ceti Or Arthur's
stone. According to ancient Welsh texts the stone is one of the "Three
Wonderful things of Britain". The other two wonderful things are
Silbury Hill near 
Beckhampton
in Wiltshire and Stonehenge on Salisbury plain. In fact the fame of the
stone was such that a group Breton soliders destined for the Battle of
Bosworth, made a sixty mile detour to pay their respects to it. Many
legends surround the stone, again we have the common motif that the stones
go down to the sea to drink at midnight, it is also said that on
Midsummer's eve they visit Burry stream to drink. Others are that the
stone was a pebble thrown from king Arthurs boot from the other side of
the estuary which it overlooks. A split in the capstone is said to have
been made by St.David in order to prove "That it was not sacred".Once
split he then commanded a spring to run from underneath which was said to
"flux and re-flux with the sea". You can see this "spring"
in the photograph below. In fact the broken capstone is more likely to be
the work of a local miller who needed a new millstone. Another Arthurian
legends states that the king can been seen riding a white horse on a
nearby path but can only be seen by moonlight. The path spoken of may be a
despoiled avenue leading to the stones. 
Unfortunately
because the stone is so well known and easily accessible from a nearby
road it has been vandalised by some idiots with no idea of the antiquity
of the place or with the former respect in which it was/is held. In
addition the dolmen there is a large flattened cairn nearby. If you
approach the stones from the main pathe then the dolmen is of to the right
on a short path. When I took the photographs I ended up approaching from
the West, this was more by accident than by design but it did give me a
view of the cairn which you can't get from the path. The cairn is
suprisingy bright looking almost white in the distance. This is due to the
high concentrations of quartz in the stone. It is situated in the Gower
Penisular near Swansea in South Wales near the village of Reynoldstone.
Just before you come to the village you will see some moorland on the
right of the road. The stone is short walk from the road. If you go during
the summer months then you should find an ice cream van marking the spot
<sigh>
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