Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carreg Hir Standing Stone, Pen-Rhiw-Tyn
Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A scheduled monument in Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Briton Ferry
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.64280, -3.81579
- SAM number
- GM170
- Cadw record number
- 2253
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (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)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (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, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The stone is a boulder of Pennant sandstone and measures 2.8m high by 1.7m wide and 0.8m thick. It is situated on top of a low mound.
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
- Bridge over Ynysmaerdy InclineTransportunder 1 mi
- Salem Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ynysmaerdy Railway InclineRailwayunder 1 mi
- Ynysmaerdy Incline bridge over Pant Howel DduIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.