Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stepsau Duon
St. Bride's Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stepping Stones
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- St. Bride's Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.46949, -3.57219
- SAM number
- GM185
- Cadw record number
- 2255
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 of a number of stepping stones, which provide pedestrian access across the river. Probably dating to the medieval period, there are 16 evenly spaced stepping stones of blue lias limestone which cross the Afon Alun. They are situated just downstream (north-west) from a ford where the road crosses the river. They are roughly rectangular, c. 0.5-0.7m across and their upper surfaces are very worn.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of early transport systems. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Barn on Ewenny DownAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Clapper BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Barn and attached ranges at Wallas FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cart shed at Castle-upon-Alun HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.