John Abell (Member no: 2613)

Maen Llia

She is placed in the valley with a henge, a cairn, and a bit further down another stone, Maen Madoc, combined they form a precise geometric pattern

Stone bothering Dydd Sul diweddaf.

Maen Llia is standing stone yn y Bannau. Despite it's erosion it's an incredible shape, you have to try and imagine it as a sculpture with crisp lines, thousands of years have weathered her.

She is placed in the valley with a henge, a cairn, and a bit further down another stone, Maen Madoc, combined they form a precise geometric pattern.

Legend has it that the stone goes down to the river, the Afon Llia to drink on occasion.
This seems likely to be an allusion to the fact that its shadow is cast across the moorland as far as the river when the sun is low in the evening sky. This occurs from April till September. On the day that the sunset shadow reaches the stream for the first and last time of the year (April/Sept), it's sunrise shadow touches a stone 90 feet to the East. This only happens on these two days.

She resides just off the famous Roman Road, Sarn Elen, between the mountains Fan Llia and Fan Nedd, just north of the waterfalls of Ystradfellte.