Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hirdre-Faig Standing Stone
Llanddyfnan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanddyfnan, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 21 August 2006
- Community
- Llanddyfnan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.24696, -4.27311
- SAM number
- AN155
- Cadw record number
- 1185
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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 · 105 Carnarvon (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 a large standing stone that probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located within an enclosed field of improved pasture on an E-W aligned ridge. The standing stone measures 2.5m tall, 1.4m wide and 0.5m in depth. It is aligned N-S and has a weathered surface. The stone has a rectangular profile with parallel sides that rise to a bluntly rounded point. The stone leans to the W. There are packing stones visible on the W side. The stone is made of a local igneous rock and is notable for its quartz veins.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 6m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Plas PenmynyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St Michael (old church)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old Parish Church & ChurchyardChurchunder 1 mi
- Sundial in churchyard of Church of St FfinanMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.