Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penbedw Park Stone Circle & Standing Stone
Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Nannerch, Flintshire, recorded as Stone Circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Nannerch
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.20200, -3.24382
- SAM number
- FL008
- Cadw record number
- 3592
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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 ancient monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone circle and a standing stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). Penbedw Park Stone Circle describes the remains of stone circle consisting of five stones varying from 1.55m to 0.45 m high, and being an average of 9.14m apart, but irregularly spaced. The circle is now completed by oak trees (of varying age), supposedly on the approximate sites of the missing stones. The circle is not mentioned before the eighteenth century and there is therefore speculation regarding its authenticity. The standing stone measures c. 1.6m high, x 1.6m NW-SE x 1.24 NE-SW, and stands on the side of the old drive.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Stone circles 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
- Round Barrow 450m E of Penbedw HallRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Mold LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gate piers, gate and flanking walls at Mold LodgeGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Stable in park at PenbedwGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.