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St Lythans
In the early 19th century it was called The Greyhound-bitch kennel and was used as an animal shelter. There is a tradition that the field in which the stones stand is cursed, and that nothing will grow there. The stones themselves were believed to grant any wish whispered to them on Hallowe'en. Another legend says that the wedge-shaped capstone spins three times each Midsummer's Eve; this story fits with one of the chambered tomb's Welsh names (Maes-y-Felin), which translates as 'The Mill in the Meadow'. The same night all the stones are said to go bathing in the river.
St Lythans
In the early 19th century it was called The Greyhound-bitch kennel and was used as an animal shelter. There is a tradition that the field in which the stones stand is cursed, and that nothing will grow there. The stones themselves were believed to grant any wish whispered to them on Hallowe'en. Another legend says that the wedge-shaped capstone spins three times each Midsummer's Eve; this story fits with one of the chambered tomb's Welsh names (Maes-y-Felin), which translates as 'The Mill in the Meadow'. The same night all the stones are said to go bathing in the river.