Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen-y-Maen Standing Stone
Cwm Cadnant, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cwm Cadnant, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Cwm Cadnant
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.24267, -4.15258
- SAM number
- AN072
- Cadw record number
- 3486
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (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). It measures 1.65m high by 0.55m wide by 0.45m deep.
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
- Llandegfan Parish HallRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Melin LlandegfanIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Hen Ysgol and schoolhouseEducationunder 1 mi
- Wellhouse by Hen YsgolWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.