Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penrhosfeilw Standing Stones
Trearddur, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trearddur, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Welsh name
- Meini Hirion Penrhosfeilw
- Community
- Trearddur
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.29575, -4.66181
- SAM number
- AN017
- Cadw record number
- 3249
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 92 South Stack (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 92 South Stack (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of two standing stones probably dating to the Bronze Age. They stand 3.25 m apart and located in a saddle between two small hills. The south west stone is c. 2.8 m high, 1 m wide at the base and 0.2 m thick. The other stone is 3 m high, 1 m wide at the base and 0.2 m thick. They are aligned on a north-north-east by south-south-west axis. There is a tradition that there was a stone cist found between the stones, containing bones, spear heads and arrow heads.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. It is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Standing stones are often part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Plas Meilw Hut CirclesUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Porth Dafarch Hut CirclesRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Old Customs PostCivilunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon y WrachWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.