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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Craig Rhos-y-felin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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