Ancient ruins
Gors Fawr Stone Circle
1 local recommends,
Location
Clynderwen, Wales
Tips from locals
Alexander
November 15, 2018
Pembrokeshire's only fully intact stone circle (unless you count Bedd Arthur, which is ovular, or Garn Ochr/Dyffryn Syfynwy, which OS maps refer to, bizarrely, as a "cairn"); the circle itself (of some 16 stones) used to be called Trallwyn, after the local farms. But nowadays it is usually referred to by the name of the boggy common land in which it sits. The circle is small, and the stones barely waist-high, so it's arguably not in the same league as Stone Henge, etc.; but the beautifully bleak setting of the marshy southern slopes of the Preselis renders it a frankly far superior spectacle. There's free parking and it's easily accessible from the road, but be warned - it'll usually be wet.
Pembrokeshire's only fully intact stone circle (unless you count Bedd Arthur, which is ovular, or Garn Ochr/Dyffryn Syfynwy, which OS maps refer to, bizarrely, as a "cairn"); the circle itself (of some 16 stones) used to be called Trallwyn, after the local farms. But nowadays it is usually referred…
