Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sampson's Jack
Llanrhidian Lower, Swansea, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanrhidian Lower, Swansea, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanrhidian Lower
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60746, -4.20129
- SAM number
- GM133
- Cadw record number
- 3645
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 246 Worms Head (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (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 standing stone dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2900-800 BC). At 3.2m high, it is the tallest of a group of stones which are located below the western end of the Cefn Bryn ridge. The stone is a local quartz conglomerate with roughly vertical sides rising to a blunt top.
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 which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Standing Stone on Ty'r Coed FarmStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Limekiln below Weobley CastleIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Weobley CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Weobley CastleCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.