Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sarn Meyllteyrn churchyard standing stone
Botwnnog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 February 2005
- Community
- Botwnnog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.86406, -4.62017
- SAM number
- CN382
- Cadw record number
- 1089
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 a fine standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within the churchyard at Sarn Meyllteyrn. The standing stone measures 2.5m in height, 0.45m in thickness from N to S by 0.3m in width.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. Its importance is further enhanced by the later association with the churchyard.
The area to be scheduled 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.
Nearby in the register
- Salem ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel Ty MawrReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- TrygarnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lon GochDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.