Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Site of Bodvoc Stone
Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A scheduled monument in Margam, Neath Port Talbot, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 24 August 1990
- Community
- Margam
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.58575, -3.68907
- SAM number
- GM443
- Cadw record number
- 2294
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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)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn and stone. The ring cairn is approximately 13m in diameter, consisting of a low bank 3m wide and 0.3m high with a slight suggestion of an outer ditch. In the centre, until its removal to Margam Stones Museum, stood the 7th century AD memorial stone to Bodvoc, son of Catotigernus. A replica now stands on the site. The stone comprises a roughly squared upright pillar with rounded angles. The inscription is in debased Roman capitals.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of early medieval burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of an early medieval funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. The stone forms part of a larger cluster of early medieval inscribed stones found in the region. This group value further enhances the significance of the monument.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Twmpath Diwlith Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Y BwlwarcauHillfortunder 1 mi
- Roman CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Camp N of TonmawrEnclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.