It’s #StandingStoneSunday again and here’s one of my favourites, Maen Llia, a huge megalith near Ystradfellte in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Legend has it that the stone sometimes moves to the nearby River Mellte to drink …. I did this when I was travelling across South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker MelvynContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday 21”
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#StandingStoneSunday 4
It’s #StandingStoneSunday on social media again. Here’s Maen Llia, a large Bronze Age standing stone near Ystradfellte in the Brecon Beacons National Park. I painted / drew this en plein air while I was journeying across South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and filmmaker Melvyn Williams, a few years back. It was FREEZING! Dewi’s working on his newContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday 4”
The Drinking Stone
The spectacular Maen Llia standing stone near the village of Ystradfellte at the junction of two valleys, possibly a marker stone on an ancient trackway. It’s a huge diamond shaped conglomerate slab, probably from the Bronze Age and local legend says that the stone drinks from the nearby stream on Midsummer morning. I drew ontoContinue reading “The Drinking Stone”
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