Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maen Llia Stone
Maescar, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Maescar, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Maescar
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.86080, -3.56362
- SAM number
- BR017
- Cadw record number
- 805
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The stone is roughly hexagonal shaped, taping to the top and bottom, and measures 3.7m high, 2.8m wide (maximum) and 0.6m thick. The stone sits in a slight depression and has some nineteenth century graffiti on the west face. A report from the 1940s records Ogham and Roman inscriptions on the stone but these have not been verified by later surveys of the monument.
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
- Rectangular PlatformRitual platformunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow SW of Maen LliaRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Round Cairn SE of Maen LliaRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Enclosures East of Afon LliaEnclosure - Agriculturalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.