Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tarren Deusant Sculptured Rock & Spring
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Decorated stone
- Period
- Unknown
- Date of designation
- 14 September 1979
- Community
- Llantrisant
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.57580, -3.36938
- SAM number
- GM406
- Cadw record number
- 315
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 sculptured stone and nearby spring. It is not known which period this monument dates to, although the style of carvings on the stone may suggest an Iron Age (700BC - AD 74) or Roman date (AD74-AD410). It is situated on the western slope of a small river valley, towards the bottom of a vertical rock face.
An unusual rock within the face of a natural stone outcrop has been carved with a number of different motifs. Masks/faces and a single full-length human figure have been carved into the stone around a large, oval inclusion in the rock. This inclusion is emphasised and outlined by a series of concentric lines. There are also two incised crosses (probably recent) and a few 18th-19th century initials.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/and or Roman ritual practices. It is an important relic of a past ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Lle'r GaerHillfortunder 1 mi
- Castellau HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castellau GanolDomesticunder 1 mi
- Treferig IshaDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.