Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Nebo Standing Stone
Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 6 February 1952
- Community
- Cilymaenllwyd
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.89608, -4.70690
- SAM number
- CM159
- Cadw record number
- 426
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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, also known as Rhos Maen Hir, comprises a standing stone, probably dating from the Bronze Age period (2300 - 800 BC). It is located on the top of a local ridge and overlooks the upper reaches of the Afon Wenallt to the E. The standing stone is earthfast and measures 2m in height, 0.6m in width and 0.6m in depth. Formerly, the standing stone was used as a gatepost in a hedgebank between two fields. The standing stone is now free standing, as the hedgebank has been removed in order to merge the two fields into one.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature 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 ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the group value formed with adjacent monuments to the N and W. The scheduled area has been revised in order to correspond more closely with the archaeological remains on the ground.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular in shape and measures 10m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Nebo Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- SoarNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Old house and attached stable at MaengwynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, EfailwenRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.