Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Great Oak Road standing stone
Crickhowell, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Crickhowell, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 4 November 2005
- Community
- Crickhowell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.85931, -3.13152
- SAM number
- BR301
- Cadw record number
- 4177
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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (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 a fine standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within enclosed pasture on the slopes to the E of Crickhowell. The standing stone measures 2.4m in height, 1.7m in thickness from NW to SE by 0.5m in width. It commands fine views around its W arc.
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 an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 8m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Granary at Upper House FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Gazebo and adjoining rubble wall on Cwrt Newydd roadGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Pigsty at Upper House FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Webb's Yard WarehouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.