Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffos-y-Maen Standing Stone
Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 April 1961
- Community
- Llanpumsaint
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.93056, -4.30739
- SAM number
- CM189
- Cadw record number
- 2804
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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)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It measures 2.6m high, 1.3mwide and 0.8m deep at the base, is roughly rectangular in cross section and has an irregular flat top. In 1963 the stone fell and was re-erected, excavation at that time revealed an irregular cobbled area c 3 to 3.3m across surrounding the stone socket as well as a hollow 0.5m to the north that contained charcoal.
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
- Ffos-y-maen, including attached former byreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cross-Incised Stone in ChurchyardCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
- Pont NewyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Bwlch-Bychan Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.