Waun Mawn

DISTANCE/DURATION: 0.6 miles (1.0 km) 30 minutes.
CHARACTER: from the B4329 road walk along bridleway/farm lane for 50 metres, then walk up slope along track and across moorland to standing stones. Uneven and boggy ground, reasonably gentle gradients, paths with natural surfaces.
LOOK OUT FOR: Prehistoric standing stones constructed by ancient people.
Caution: Parking is limited to two laybys shown on the map; please do not park in gateways or passing places. The land is designated a Special Area of Conservation, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument and protected by law.
Unauthorised disturbance or damage is a criminal offence. Please respect this protected landscape, its archaeology and natural habitat. Please keep dogs on leads as sheep graze here.

Waun Mawn and the surrounding landscape contains a number of nationally important archaeological features, which includes a number of large standing stones scattered across the landscape. These are dated to prehistory and were constructed by ancient people.

The area known as Waun Mawn contains standing stones with the westernmost stone standing close to the track. Further east, the site contains a standing stone and also ones that now lay flat, suggesting that more stones used to stand in the past.

Archaeologists researching the site recently hypothesized that a stone circle may have existed at the site or construction was abandoned prior to completion. It was also thought that some of the stones may have been transported to Stonehenge. However, recent studies suggest these ideas are unlikely.