Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones

Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones
Mik Peach · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones are a pair of Bronze Age monoliths located 1.75 miles southwest of Holyhead on Holy Island, west of Anglesey in north-west Wales. Each stone stands approximately 3 m (10 ft) tall, about 0.9 m wide at the base, and only 20-30 cm thick, set roughly 3.3 m apart on open grassland. Erected around 2000-1500 BC, their purpose remains unknown -- they may have held ritual significance, served as a tribal gathering marker, or represent an unfinished monument. Local tradition suggests a cist burial once existed between the stones, though no supporting evidence has been found.

TypeMegalithic stones
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryWales
Coordinates53.2959° N, 4.6618° W

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