{"id":661,"date":"2014-08-05T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T23:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2014-08-05T19:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T23:56:56","slug":"meini-hirion-druids-circle-penmaenmawr-wales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/stone-circles\/meini-hirion-druids-circle-penmaenmawr-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Meini Hirion (Druid&#8217;s Circle), Penmaenmawr, Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DruidsCircle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-662\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DruidsCircle.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"2023\" height=\"1241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DruidsCircle.jpg 2023w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DruidsCircle-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DruidsCircle-1024x628.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2023px) 100vw, 2023px\" \/><\/a>This stone circle sits at 1332 feet in height and features a spectacular vista toward Colwyn Bay and nearby hills and mountains. Two portals are oriented due south, a grave stone is oriented due east, a &#8220;swearing stone&#8221; is oriented due west, an altar stone is oriented 330 degrees NW, and a large marker stone is oriented 120 degrees SE. A ruined stone circle lies to the west, a ruined hillfort to the southwest, and a little cairn sits on a nearby hilltop. This must have been an important ceremonial center, as a number of chambered cairns, stone circles, etc. are in the area. A visitor told me a legend about the &#8220;swearing stone.&#8221; A man swore falsely on the stone while touching it and died shortly thereafter. It is a good one half hour walk from the carpark. One follows tracked signs that go through two fences, past a house on the right, and then follows hiking signs to the right. Well worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stone circle sits at 1332 feet in height and features a spectacular vista toward Colwyn Bay and nearby hills and mountains. Two portals are oriented due south, a grave stone is oriented due east, a &#8220;swearing stone&#8221; is oriented due west, an altar stone is oriented 330 degrees NW, and a large marker stone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/661\/revisions\/664"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}