Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn Eithinog Standing Stone
Ystrad Fflur, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ystrad Fflur, Ceredigion, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 January 2000
- Community
- Ystrad Fflur
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.25553, -3.84384
- SAM number
- CD190
- Cadw record number
- 1635
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 178 Llanilar (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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The standing stone is a large piece of white quartz which protrudes 0.6m above the present ground surface. The stone stands immediately north of a Bronze Age ring cairn with which it was probably contemporary.
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
- Bryn-y-Crofftau Ring CairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Carn Fflur Round Cairn CemeteryCairn Cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Tir Hir Medieval PlatformHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Bryngwyn Bach Round Cairn CemeteryCairn Cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.