Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Four Crosses Standing Stone
Llannor, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llannor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.92450, -4.38134
- SAM number
- CN105
- Cadw record number
- 2433
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It measures 1.6m high and is 1.5m wide at the base.
When erected there may have been significant views to and from scheduled monument CN095 Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber and also across the Afon Erch valley to the east, however, the construction of Gromlech Business Park has removed these views and has had a significant impact on the setting of the scheduled monument.
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 be 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
- Bwlch y ffordd isafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber, Four CrossesChambered Tombunder 1 mi
- Plas-gwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm Building at rear of Plas-gwynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.