Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nantymaen Standing Stone
Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Tregaron, Ceredigion, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 August 2007
- Community
- Tregaron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.20897, -3.81364
- SAM number
- CD243
- Cadw record number
- 1224
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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 · 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 a large prehistoric standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located in the flat valley bottom of the Camddwr, just to the N of its confluence with the Nant y Maen. The standing stone lies earthfast in the middle of an enclosed field of improved pasture. It is roughly rectangular in cross-section and is aligned NE-SW. At the time of scheduling it leant at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the NW, but the upper 1.5m has since (c. 2014) cracked off along a line of geological weakness through its cross-section and now lies horizontally on the ground below. The monolith at the time of scheduling measured 3m in recumbent length and 1.26m in actual height. The base measures c. 1.2m in width and 1m in depth. The stones visible at the base are probably the result of later field clearance.
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. Its physical association with a number of round cairns to the NW and SE further enhances the importance of this monument.
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 10m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Cefncerrig Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Blaen Camddwr Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Fagwyr Las Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlement1 mi
- Bryn Cosyn Cairn CemeteryRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.