Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm Irfon Standing Stone
Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 30 June 1999
- Community
- Llanwrtyd Wells
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.13507, -3.66930
- SAM number
- BR264
- Cadw record number
- 1590
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (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)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (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) and is set within a field bank. The stone is rhomboidal in form and measures 1.2m x 1m in plan and stands to a height of 1.35m above the bank. A smaller stone is located 2.3m to the north, measuring 0.7m x0.7m in plan and standing to a height of 0.7m.
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. It is rectangular and measures 7m x3m.
Nearby in the register
- AlltwineuDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nant y BrainDomestic1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- DinasDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.