Carreg Bica

Carreg Bica is large standing stone on the hill overlooking Skewen in Neath West Glamorgan. It is a large and impressive stone spoilt only by the fact that it is covered in graffiti and is currently being used as a gatepost. The stone is local sandstone and is around 13ft high.

The Stone is also known by other names : Maen Bredwan or Maen Bradwen, it is also mentioned in a charter to King John to William De Breos in 1203 as "meynhirion" a boundary stone marking the Gower.

Legends Surrounding the Stone

Again we have a legend of the stone moving and going to a local stream to drink or bathe. In this case the stone is said to bathe in the river Neath once a year on Easter morning

Children from Skewen were said to race to the stone on Easter morning.

The fat bloke in the above photograph is unfortunately me.(^_^)

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