Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ponsticill Inscribed Stone
Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, recorded as Inscribed Stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Inscribed Stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Talybont-on-Usk
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.80973, -3.34568
- SAM number
- BR141
- Cadw record number
- 783
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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 consists of an inscribed stone, a commemorative monument in the form of a stone which has been inscribed with symbols, probably dating to the medieval period. The pillar stone is old red sandstone and measures 1.1m high, 0.4m wide and 0.3m broad. It is set in a slight hollow and leans to the north-east. There is an Ogham inscription on south-west edge of the face which reads 'MAQI-DECEDA'. There are incisions on the back which do not appear to be an inscription. The stone is situated in moorland on the east bank of the Criban about 180m south-west of a ruined cairn on the opposite bank.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. An inscribed stone may be 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
- Buarth y Caerau CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cwm Criban Prehistoric SettlementHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Waun y Gwair CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Pontsticill platform cairnPlatform Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.