Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fach-goch, standing stone to SSE of
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 4 November 2005
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.94859, -4.13216
- SAM number
- CN386
- Cadw record number
- 4163
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 a fine standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within enclosed pasture about 130m to the SSE of Fach-goch. The standing stone measures 2.2m in height, 0.8m in thickness from NNW to SSE by 0.4m in width. It commands fine views around its E arc.
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.
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 9m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Tan-yr-allt LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Shelley memorial in garden at Plas Tan-yr-alltNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Plas Tan-yr-alltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen garden walls and former coach house (The Studio) at Plas Tan-yr-alltNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.