Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Standing Stone on Mynydd Illtud
Glyn Tarell, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Glyn Tarell, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 30 October 1996
- Community
- Glyn Tarell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.92765, -3.49062
- SAM number
- BR228
- Cadw record number
- 3459
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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 · 213 Brecon (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 stands 1m high and is square in section and is made of local red sandstone. It has been worn by sheep rubbing and there is an erosion hollow around the base. An outlying boulder on one side may be an associated feature. The stones are situated on flattish ground in unimproved moorland.
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
- Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- BlaengwrthydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, North-Eastern sectionRoadunder 1 mi
- Two Cairns on Traeth MawrCairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.