Wales. Rare monument find leaves wind farm in doubt

THE future of the Mynydd y Betws wind farm was thrown into doubt last night after experts said they had discovered a 5,000- year-old monument near the site.

The news has been welcomed by Swansea Valley campaigners, who have been protesting against the 15-turbine construction.

Freelance archaeologist Helen Gerrard has 30 years' experience and is one of those who identified the find.

"This is tremendously important," she told the Post.

"It probably dates to sometime around 3,000 BC and is extremely rare simply because it is so old.

"There is only one of its type in Britain which has even been partially excavated.

"It could be almost as significant as Stonehenge."

The monument is thought to be a neolithic stone row.

It would have been used as a type of ancient meeting place, the site of festivals and religious ceremonies.

Mrs Gerrard said stone rows from around this time were very rare in Wales,

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