Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maes-Mochnant Standing Stone
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.81398, -3.28195
- SAM number
- DE089
- Cadw record number
- 2934
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 monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It measures 3.65m high, 0.6m wide at widest point and about 0.3m thick.
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 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
- Maes Mochnant Isaf Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Milestone beside the B4580 / B4396 junctionTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont Glantanat Uchaf (Partly in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (S) Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont Glantanat UchafTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.