Craig Rhos-y-felin

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Craig Rhos-y-felin is a notable rocky outcrop in Pembrokeshire, Wales, identified by archaeologists as one of the primary prehistoric quarry sites for the bluestones used at Stonehenge.

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Craig Rhos-y-felin canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf prehistoric quarry site
rocky outcrop
associatedWith Stonehenge
Stonehenge bluestone quarries
category Archaeological sites in Pembrokeshire
Rock formations of Wales
Stonehenge stone quarries
controversy debate over human quarrying versus natural glacial transport
country Wales
distanceTo approximately 220 km from Stonehenge
excavatedBy Stonehenge Riverside Project
excavationStart 2011
geologicalPeriod Ordovician
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasEvidenceOf Neolithic occupation debris
prehistoric quarrying activity
stone extraction platforms
worked stone pillars
hasFeature narrow rocky spur
steep rock faces
talus slope with broken blocks
hasNameElement Craig
Rhos-y-felin
hasRockType rhyolite
volcanic rock
identifiedAs source of some Stonehenge bluestones
identifiedBy archaeologists
geologists
isSubjectOf archaeological publications on Stonehenge origins
geochemical sourcing studies
languageOfName Welsh
locatedIn Pembrokeshire
north Pembrokeshire uplands
south‑west Wales
linked to: West Wales
near Afon Brynberian
Brynberian
Pont Saeson
partOf Mynydd Preseli region
Preseli Hills geological complex
linked to: Preseli Hills
researchTopic Neolithic quarrying
provenance of Stonehenge bluestones
rockChemistryMatchedTo rhyolite debitage at Stonehenge
studiedBy Mike Parker Pearson
Richard Bevins
Rob Ixer
usedFor source of monoliths for Stonehenge

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Preseli bluestone quarriedAt Craig Rhos-y-felin
Carn Goedog near Craig Rhos-y-felin