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  • 3/5 Chris H. 2 years ago on Google
    A replica of the original Romano-British (not Anglo Roman as stated by another poster. There were no Anglos in Britain at the time of the romans) marker stone, which has been spirited away to the Margam Stones Museum. It’s in lovely surroundings, with great views. If you consider those non-native pine trees planted all over the mountain which have destroyed much of our ancient heritage to be beautiful. Personally I see them as a blight on our landscape even more than the industrial scars. But it’s still pretty up there.
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  • 5/5 Peter L. 1 year ago on Google
    Good 11mile yomp all in, worth it for the scenery on a gorgeous Easter b/hol walkies
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  • 5/5 Ian D. 3 years ago on Google
    Peace and beautiful views. Tower blocks of Cardiff visible on a good day to the east. Lovely views of Bristol channel
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  • 5/5 Brian J. 4 years ago on Google
    With all of the tree now gone the views are spectacular, I Mountain bike weekly here and have introduced many to this sight and are all blown away by the views and history. Can anyone explain to me how there are fish in the pond next to the Stone as there's no stream running into it and it's the highest point of the mountain.
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  • 5/5 Fi 6 years ago on Google
    Nice walk to the replica stone and pond through forestry with Margam Parks' escapee deer herd to be spotted. The real Bodvoc stone is in Margam Stones Museum. CADW. A burial / ritual monument of national importance; It marks the centre of the remains of a ring cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). Lots of history on this mountain, buried under NRW plantations.
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  • 5/5 rich j. 2 years ago on Google
    Great to see it up close.

  • 4/5 SCOTT E. 2 years ago on Google
    A nice place

  • 4/5 Nic S. 5 years ago on Google
    Stunning views

  • 3/5 Ben G. 2 years ago on Google
    More of a point to aim for than something to visit. The original stone is in the Margam Stones Museum a few miles away. Sadly there is nothing here to mark or draw attention to Bodvoc's Stone. The forest trails that lead to this point are however splendidly isolated; great for a long walk or cycle into the wilderness!

  • 5/5 Gareth P. 3 years ago on Google
    Peaceful great walk or a ride up and the ponds full of fish.

  • 3/5 Ben C. 3 years ago on Google
    Lovely walk or ride to get there but the stone itself is obviously a replica of the original that is elsewhere in a museum. Unfortunately it is either a bad casting or the materials were poor as the inscriptions are pretty much illegible now.

  • 4/5 Stephen Lloyd C. 3 years ago on Google
    Walk through Maesteg Golf club keep straight ahead Parking available at top of road ....the stone is a replica ....original in Margam Stones Museum....on crisp cold clear day can see across Bristol chanel and Cardiff. Views across to Swansea .... its a place to leave the rat race behind...I walk but its excellent for mountain biking.

  • 4/5 Pete J. 1 year ago on Google
    Interesting to see but the stone is a replica of the original which dated back to 6th century (original to be found in museum). This replica is itself rather unimposing not least because someone decided it was a good place to carve in an ordnance survey symbol. The materials used are also deteriorating. Nothing else to see here except long forest trail walks and some lovely views inland and out across Swansea Bay and Bristol Channel. High forested ground .. dress sensibly!

  • 2/5 Martin L. 8 months ago on Google
    Doctor Johnson, the dictionary writer, said of the Giant's Causeway that it was 'worth seeing, not worth going to see'. This stone is at a lower level of interest- hardly worth seeing even if you are there. The 'stone' at this location is a 20th century concrete replica of the original stone (which is on view in the Margam Stones museum and worth seeing), and a sad sight it is, weathered and covered with moss, looking for all the world like a water hydrant marker post. The original was erected in the 500s-600s CE and the inscription reads BODVOC-HIC IACIT / FILIVS CATOTIGIRNI /PRONEPVS ETERNALI /VEDOMAV-('Of Bodvocus - he lies here, the son of Catotigirnus and the great grandson of Eternalis Vedomavus'), (a Latin inscription mentioning Welsh names) but perhaps you are better off not reading since in 1945 a tradition was reported: `The ignorant common people' in the neighbourhood of this stone promise ... that whoever happens to read the inscription shall die soon after. `Let the Reader therefore take heed what he does; for if he reads it he shall certainly dye'. The curious may note that looking east across the field you can make out the Bronze Age round barrow Twmpath Diwlith at the far edge.

  • 3/5 Sarah G. 10 months ago on Google
    In situ replica of the original Bodvoc's Stone, which can be seen in Margam Stones Museum. Beautiful location, though the stone itself is rather unimpressive. It's a shame the replica seems to be made of concrete, which has weathered badly, so the inscription is barely legible.

  • 5/5 Laura Q. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely views all around. Passed this stone so many times, from a young child walking with my dad to now a mother still out walking with my dad ❀

  • 5/5 Sherrie O C. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful scenery Views of the sea and the steelworks and of course Bodvoks Stone And a lovely stream full of frogs spawn

  • 5/5 Robert A. 5 months ago on Google
    Well worth the 4.5 round walk 2hrs Parked in lay by at maesteg golf club No cost it's in the forestry


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