Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carreg Leidr
Rhosybol, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Rhosybol, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Rhosybol
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.33286, -4.33472
- SAM number
- AN067
- Cadw record number
- 2534
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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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (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 comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c.2300 - 800 BC).
A small stone of red sandstone measuring 1.6 m by 0.55 m by 0.5 m. It is in a grass field on ground sloping to the south close to the side of the road. Packing stones are visible around the base. The name Carreg Leidr means 'thief stone', and the tradition is that '...a man, having robbed the church of Llandyfrydog of its books, was on his way homeward, when he suffered a sudden transition of himself into a stone.' The stone has a projecting knob at the top on the west and this is supposed to represent the sack containing the stolen goods.
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
- Clorach-bachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Clorach-fawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hammels at Llwydiarth Esgob FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Agricultural range at RectoryAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.