Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Cross Standing Stone
Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 4 July 1955
- Community
- Cefn Cribwr
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.53137, -3.62481
- SAM number
- GM241
- Cadw record number
- 2261
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 the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The stone measures 2m high and leans to the south. It is triangular in section with sides approximately 0.6m across tapering towards the 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 within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Court ColmanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llangewydd OverbridgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cefn Road OverbridgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Former Bridgend Tramroad bridge over Nant CynffigTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.