Preseli Mountains (English: /prəˈsɛli/, prə-SEL-ee; Welsh: Mynyddoedd y Preseli or Y Preselau), also known as the Preseli Hills, or just the Preselis...
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1996. Until 1987 the name of the district was Preseli. The district took its name from the Preseli Hills. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under...
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support of the human transport theory. Preseli Bluestone dolerite axe heads have been found around the Preseli Hills as well, indicating that there was a...
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known Stonehenge circle (110m) at the Welsh site of Waun Mawn in the Preseli Hills. It had contained bluestones, one of which showed evidence of having...
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bluestones similar to those at Stonehenge 3iv occurs at Bedd Arthur in the Preseli Hills, but that does not imply a direct cultural link. Some archaeologists...
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Moylgrove and Bayvil. The small village lies in the Nevern valley near the Preseli Hills of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 2 miles (3 km) east of Newport...
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knows who called the meeting in the barn of Glynsaithmaen farm in the Preseli hills, and nobody knows who attended. But the man selected to lead the attack...
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In the north are the Preseli Hills (Mynydd Preseli), a wide stretch of high moorland. The highest point in the Preseli Hills is Foel Cwmcerwyn at 536...
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Preseli Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Preseli Sir Benfro) was a seat and constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Preseli...
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a popular spot for tourists, partly because of its proximity to the Preseli Hills and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish church of St Cynllo...
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Mynydd Carningli (category Mountains and hills of Pembrokeshire)
Mynydd Carningli is a mountain in the Preseli Hills near the town of Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has both prehistoric and historic remains. Carningli...
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Mynachlog-ddu (SN143306) is a village, parish and community in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the parish of Llangolman...
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Carn Menyn is a grouping of craggy rock outcrops or tors in the Preseli Hills in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. The name means "butter rock". It is...
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further capabilities and roles." The stones, in actuality, came from the Preseli Hills in south-west Wales. Unlike in the later accounts since Layamon's Brut...
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Mount Killaraus (section Hill of Uisneach, Ireland)
Stonehenge's original bluestones have been traced to quarries in the Preseli Hills, in west Wales. Although the Merlin tale is fiction, archaeologist Mike...
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literally: Blue Stone), a type of pagan sacred stones, widespread in Russia Preseli Hills, known as the bluestone area of Pembrokeshire Bluestone, Pembrokeshire...
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Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales, UK. It lies in the southern slopes of the Preseli Hills, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of the village of Maenclochog. Slate...
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moor") is the site of a possible dismantled Neolithic stone circle in the Preseli Mountains of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The diameter of the postulated circle...
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Greenway footpath, London Greenway, Pembrokeshire, a hamlet in the Preseli Hills Greenway Estate, Devon, former house of Agatha Christie Greenway Halt...
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Grave") is a possibly Neolithic hengiform monument megalithic site in the Preseli Hills in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. Thirteen upright stones and at...
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by his UCL team led to a proposal that the site at Waun Mawn, in the Preseli Hills of Pembrokeshire, had originally housed a 110 m (360 ft) diameter stone...
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rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, wooded estuaries, wild inland hills, the moorland of the Preseli Hills and the wooded Gwaun valley. The total area is 629 km2...
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Pentre Galar, a 57-acre smallholding on the slopes of Foel Dyrch in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, where Nicholas was brought up. "Times were hard. There...
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the European Theatre of Operations, they continued training on the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Before dawn, at 06:00 on 18 November 1944...
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from a woman called Rebecca living near his home at the foot of the Preseli Hills. The story states that this woman was an old maid and her clothes were...
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view that Stonehenge was built from bluestones hauled by hand from the Preseli Hills in south west Wales to Salisbury Plain. In his view, the stones had...
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(February 2021). "The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales". Antiquity. 95 (379): 85–103. doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.239...
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headquarters at Caerleon were roofed with slates from the lower slopes of the Preseli Hills. In 1992, aerial photography identified a Roman road running to the...
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every offshore island, the Daugleddau estuary and large areas of the Preseli Hills and the Gwaun Valley. It is an ecologically rich area recognised as...
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winners. Preseli is a bay mare bred by her owner, Neil Jones, at Pembrokeshire-based Abergwaun Farms and was named after the local Preseli Hills of west...
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