Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cremlyn Standing Stones
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)
- 53.27485, -4.14405
- SAM number
- AN074
- Cadw record number
- 2530
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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 · 94 Beaumaris (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 two standing stones, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).
The southern stone measures 1.85 m high by 0.75 m square. The stone fell over in 1977, and was re-erected following excavation, which revealed that the stone hole had been preceded by an earlier small pit which, it is suggested, could have held a wooden post or earlier stone. The northern stone stands 2.8 m high and is 0.8 m wide by 0.5 m thick.
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
- CollegeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agriculture range at HafottyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hafoty Medieval HouseHouse (domestic)under 1 mi
- HafottyDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.