Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn-Celli-Ddu Standing Stone
Llanddaniel Fab, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 14 August 1954
- Community
- Llanddaniel Fab
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.20693, -4.23815
- SAM number
- AN085
- Cadw record number
- 522
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (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).
The stone is sited on semi-cultivated pasture on a low slope within a micro-bowl with good views to Bryn Celli Du Chambered Tomb. The standing stone is also situated within the same field as a large rock outcrop with cup marked surface. It measures 1m high by 1.25m wide by 0.45m 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
- Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered TombHengeunder 1 mi
- Tyddyn-Bach Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Ty'n-llidiartDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stables and lodge at Plas LlwynonnMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.