Standing Stones - Caer Engan ,Graianog, Cae Forgan
Standing Stones - Caer Engan ,Graianog, Cae Forgan

Top Pic - a view from Caer Engan Iron Age up the Llyfni Valley to snow capped Snowdon (Yr Wddffa) and Mynydd Mawr / Nantille Hills
Inset is Carreg Caer Engan Standing Stone ,1.4m long ,0.8m tall ,0.6m wide , may have been part of the Caer Engan Hillfort's defences.
Not listed by CADW, FP from the B4418 at Penygroes. SH 4898 5468
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Lower Left - Graianog Standing Stone , a fine 3.05m high by 0.9m by 0.68m early Bronze age stone, with a couple of cairns nearby .
Very close to the footpath on the OS map , you can get a good view with out having to enter the field. A Ladder stile into the field.
Boggy ground around a pile of rotting straw ! .The FP is off a narrow minor road west of the A487 ( Nebo , then bridge over A487). SH 4551 4918
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Lower Right - Cae Forgan Standing Stone , a small short stone - not listed by CADW, possible a modern cattle rubbing stone , now surrounded by scrub.
Can be seen from the Penygroes to Carmel road , a FP is on the map near the Carmel Village sign ,but now overgrown , over the gate and a short walk.
There is a Bronze Age Cairn to the west of Cae Forgan Farm , SH 4898 5468

Ref: NW 4052.3.4.6.8

Date: 28/02/2025

Standing Stones - Caer Engan ,Graianog, Cae Forgan

Top Pic - a view from Caer Engan Iron Age up the Llyfni Valley to snow capped Snowdon (Yr Wddffa) and Mynydd Mawr / Nantille Hills
Inset is Carreg Caer Engan Standing Stone ,1.4m long ,0.8m tall ,0.6m wide , may have been part of the Caer Engan Hillfort's defences.
Not listed by CADW, FP from the B4418 at Penygroes. SH 4898 5468
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Lower Left - Graianog Standing Stone , a fine 3.05m high by 0.9m by 0.68m early Bronze age stone, with a couple of cairns nearby .
Very close to the footpath on the OS map , you can get a good view with out having to enter the field. A Ladder stile into the field.
Boggy ground around a pile of rotting straw ! .The FP is off a narrow minor road west of the A487 ( Nebo , then bridge over A487). SH 4551 4918
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Lower Right - Cae Forgan Standing Stone , a small short stone - not listed by CADW, possible a modern cattle rubbing stone , now surrounded by scrub.
Can be seen from the Penygroes to Carmel road , a FP is on the map near the Carmel Village sign ,but now overgrown , over the gate and a short walk.
There is a Bronze Age Cairn to the west of Cae Forgan Farm , SH 4898 5468

Ref: NW 4052.3.4.6.8

Date: 28/02/2025