Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Standing Stone c.250m NNE of Llethr
Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 December 2007
- Community
- Ysbyty Ystwyth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.31710, -3.84772
- SAM number
- CD235
- Cadw record number
- 1216
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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, also known as Carreg Samson, comprises a standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on a ridge crest overlooking the Marchnant valley to the SE. The standing stone measures 1.1m in height, 1.2m in length and 0.34m in width. It is oriented NE-SW. The stone is slab-like in shape and rectangular in cross-section.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual and ceremonial 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 6m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Pendre and attached outbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwyn LlwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm building to S of Llwyn LlwydAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Old church of St John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.