Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bwrdd y Tri Arglwydd
Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 20 October 1966
- Locality
- Carrog
- Community
- Corwen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.01074, -3.33714
- Cadw reference
- 710
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
At the N of the community, close to the W side of a lane which runs N from the A5104 almost opposite its junction with the B5436 to Carrog: 1km approx. N of this junction, just before another lane enters from the W.
History
The stones are reputed to have their origin in a pre-historic burial chamber, but from the C14 to have been used as boundary marker between the lordships of Rug (although earlier interpretations favoured Ruthin), Yale and Glyndyfrdwy. At one time, the letters, Y, R and G, could be seen inscribed on 3 faces of the stone, but now only the letter R remains visible.
Exterior
A rough stone base approx. 1 metre high carries a smaller, roughly shaped stone, with the letter R inscribed in its W facing angle. There is an inscription plate in the base, which reads: 'this ancient boundary stone marks the meeting point of four parishes and of the lordships of Ruthin, Glyndyfrdwy and Yale'.
Reason for designation
A curious surviving example of a late medieval boundary marker stone.
Nearby in the register
- Bwrdd y Tri Arglwydd Boundary StoneBoundary Stoneunder 1 mi
- Former Farmhouse at Bryn TangorAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Moel Fodig CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Groes-wenDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.