Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llech Gron
Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 16 September 1949
- Community
- Dyffryn Arth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.26243, -4.13712
- SAM number
- CD093
- Cadw record number
- 1869
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (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). Llech Gron is c.4m high, c.3m wide at its base and c.1.3m thick, with two flattish wide faces and irregular sides. The stone is weathered and very tilted. A low mound of stones around the base may reflect field clearance during ploughing.
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 be 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
- Llain including outbuilding attached to rightDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable and Cart-Shed range at LlainDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding on W side of yard at LlainAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Milestone on B4337Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.