Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed Stone
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, recorded as Inscribed Stone (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Inscribed Stone
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.98554, -4.26259
- SAM number
- CN021
- Cadw record number
- 3158
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of an inscribed stone, a commemorative monument which has been inscribed with letters and symbols, probably dating to the early-medieval period (c. AD400-AD1066 the period between the breakdown of Roman rule and the Norman Conquest). The stone has been built into the S wall of the farmyard at Llystyn Gwyn. It measures 1.05m by 1.06m by 0.33m thick with a Latin inscription 'ICORI FILIVS / POTENTI / NI' (Icorix, the son of Potentius) in the top right corner and an Ogham inscription 'ICORIGAS' (of Icorix) along the upper right side. The Latin inscription is still visible, but the Ogham is barely discernable.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of ritual and funerary practices and the organisation and practice of early-medieval Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, 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
- Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn UchafEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Haybarn at Tan-y-braichAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
- Tan-y-braich, with attached farm buildingsDomestic1 mi
- Garreg lwyd CottageDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.