Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Inscribed Stone N of Parciau Farmhouse
Henllanfallteg, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Inscribed Stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Henllanfallteg
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.84754, -4.64705
- SAM number
- CM069
- Cadw record number
- 2107
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 consists of an inscribed stone, a commemorative monument in the form of a stone which has been inscribed with symbols, probably dating to the medieval period and located in a field called Parc y Maen. The stone measures 63" high x 21.5" wide x 12" thick and the inscription reads, 'QUENVENDAN FILI BARCUN' - 'The stone of Quenvendanus, son of Barcunus. The inscription is in Roman capitals, lightly picked, with half-uncial Q. The A's have the angular cross-bar; the loops of the B are disjoined. Horizontal final -I's in lines 1 and 2.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. An inscribed stone may be 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
- 2 Clun CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- LanNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- St Canna's ChairInscribed Stoneunder 1 mi
- Llangan Church Cropmark EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.