Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffynnon-Newydd Standing Stones
Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Henge (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Henge
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanegwad
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.86876, -4.18822
- SAM number
- CM042
- Cadw record number
- 2100
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (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)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a henge monument. Henges are ceremonial monuments dating from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (c. 3000 BC - 1500 BC). They comprise circular areas defined by a bank and internal ditch. While the ceremonies and rituals that took place at henge sites will likely never be fully understood, they seem to be ceremonial centres carefully designed and situated to control community participation and link into the surrounding landscape. The henge at Ffynon Newydd was originally oval in form measuring c. 80m by 90m and is now defined by a surviving length of the south eastern bank that surrounds a hollowed interior and by two standing stones which mark the entrance. A possible third buried stone lies nearby, six stones were recorded as present in 1892.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. The monument forms an important element in the wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Maes y Crug round barrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Llandeilo-yr-Ynys FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Llandeilo-yr-ynys (partly in Llanarthney Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont Llandeilo-yr-ynys (partly in Llanegwad Community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.