Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llech Ciste Standing Stone
Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanegwad
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.93364, -4.16246
- SAM number
- CM043
- Cadw record number
- 2754
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1860 "41. Caermathen." (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 white quartz standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and which stands near seeps or springs in a field sloping towards the Goleu Valley. The standing stone is semi-recumbent, now leaning towards the east. It measures 2.3m in height, 1 by 1m at the base and is sub-rectangular in section with an irregular pointed tip
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 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
- Crugiau Round BarrowsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Stables and coach house at Brechfa HouseDomestic1 mi
- Brechfa HouseDomestic1 mi
- Castle GreenNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.