Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Cnwcheithinog Standing Stone
Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 9 August 2007
- Community
- Llanddewi Brefi
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.13129, -3.81737
- SAM number
- CD241
- Cadw record number
- 1223
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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 · 195 Lampeter (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 an earthfast prehistoric standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on the top of an undulating ridge in an area of upland rough pasture. The standing stone is roughly square in cross-section and its sides taper to a blunt point. It is aligned NE-SW. It measures 1.6m in height. The base measures c. 0.5m in width and 0.47m in depth. Packing stones are visible at the base of the stone.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual and ceremonial practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact ritual deposits, together with structural evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular in shape on plan and measures 6m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-WyntRing Cairn1 mi
- Troedrhiwhir Mountain ring cairnRing Cairn1 mi
- Troedrhiwhir standing stoneStanding Stone1 mi
- Pen y Gurnos Round BarrowRound Barrow2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.