Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glynllifon standing stone
Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 January 2004
- Community
- Llandwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.07507, -4.30367
- SAM number
- CN356
- Cadw record number
- 1075
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 an impressive standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). It is a large narrow block of stone, standing 2m in height and measuring 0.8m in thickness and 0.7m in width.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential with a strong probability of associated archaeological features and deposits and forms an important element in the wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 2m in diameter, except on the SE where it abuts (and does not extend into) the concrete setting of the slurry tank.
Nearby in the register
- Parallel Farm Ranges and linking arched entrance into lower farmyard at Glynllifon College FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- L-shaped Range of farm buildings, including walled enclosure to south, at Glynllifon College FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Northern Range to lower farmyard, including attached cross-range to east, at Glynllifon College FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Tall Barn between upper and lower farmyards at Glynllifon College FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.