Menhir of Cynynion

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The menhir of Cynynion ( English Standing Stone ) stands on a hill at Rhydycroesau near Oswestry in north-west Shropshire in England on the border with Wales .

The menhir is a cube-shaped Bronze Age limestone block inclined to the north, about 2.0 m high, 1.2 m wide and 0.8 m thick.

Nearby, to the northeast, stands the menhir of Carreg y Big .

literature

  • Rodney Castleden: The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC 1992

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Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '57 "  N , 3 ° 7' 22.3"  W.