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Balfarg Roundabout, Fife
Modern Stone Circle
NO 278 034

This circle consists of 8 to 9 large sandstone slabs set around a heavily planted roundabout on the way to the henge on the B969 just off the A92. 

 


Mold, North Wales
Eisteddfod Circle
SJ 235 644

This Eisteddfod Circle is really well hidden away to the northwest of Mold town centre on Bailey Hill. We have been to Mold several times and didn’t know it was there. To find it follow the High Street through the lights and uphill. There is a signed carpark just past the church where you turn left by the Dolphin pub. Walk on uphill to the fork in the road where there is another church and take the path to the right of this. The path leads uphill to a bowling green, which is the site of a Norman Motte and Bailey castle built in 1093. Carry on either uphill or to the right to reach the circle. (Uphill is best as you come over the brow to see the circle below you)


The circle has the standard 12 stones, one has fallen, and two outliers and central slab arrangements for the bardic ceremonies. It is very well hidden away among the trees in a pleasant setting. The stones are thin slabs of local limestone that look impressive from the hilltop but close up the drill holes are visible where they were fabricated. It is unfortunate that natural slabs were not used.

On the way back the impressive church in Mold is worth looking at. The mother of Henry Tudor who was the wife of Stanley, Lord of Mold, commissioned it as an offering to God for the victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 where Henry killed Richard the third and founded the Tudor dynasty. Tradition has it that Stanley put the fallen crown on Henry’s head. The church took 100 years to build.

 

 

  

Caernarfon
Modern Stone Circle
SH 483 618

This small circle consists of 7 standing stones and 2 or 3 fallen ones covered in ivy (possibly caused by a car or artistic licence?) They are about 5 feet (1.5m) high and made of slate. There is a small parking space near the hospital entrance on the no through road exit from the roundabout where you can stop to get a closer look.

 

Caernarfon circle

Close up of the roundabout

 

  Porthmadog
Eisteddfod Circle
SH 565 395

Just to the northwest of Porthmadog on the A487 towards Caernarfon we came across another modern stone circle. This is an Eisteddfod circle with twelve stones and inner “altar”. More details on the Modern Circles pages.

Porthmadog Circle

 
 

If anyone knows of any Eisteddfod circles could you please email me at graham@celynog.fsnet.co.uk 

 
 

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