Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maen Huail Historic Stone
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ruthin, Denbighshire, recorded as Stone.
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone
- Period
- Unknown
- Community
- Ruthin
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.11438, -3.31078
- SAM number
- DE030
- Cadw record number
- 605
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)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (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 a stone, which possibly functioned as a market or civic stone, or a preaching stone. It takes the form of a rough limestone block, 1.2m by 0.6m by 0.6m, (formerly) set behind railings outside Barclays Bank on the west side of St Peter's Square, recorded as being set in the middle of the street in 1699. A tablet reads "Maen Huail. On which tradition states, King Arthur beheaded Huail, brother of Gildas the historian."
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval society. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A 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
- Barclays BankNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 2 Upper Clwyd StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 2A Upper Clwyd StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Wine Vaults Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.