Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bwrdd y Tri Arglwydd Boundary Stone
Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Corwen, Denbighshire, recorded as Boundary Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Boundary Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Corwen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.01103, -3.33635
- SAM number
- ME025
- Cadw record number
- 2460
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (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 consists of boundary stone, marking the boundary between different parishes, probably dating to the prehistoric or medieval periods. The feature consists of a recumbent stone much buried in the ground. On three sides are letters thought to denote the names of estates or their owners. The stone stands at a point called Croessor (crossroads) where four parishes and three old estates meet. There is reason to think that these boundaries have not changed since the C14. Edward Lloyd, writing in the eighteenth century, records that three stones were then standing and compares them to dolmen. The name (Three Lords' Table) and Lloyd's record suggests that it may be the remains of a dolmen.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices or medieval settlement. 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
- Bwrdd y Tri ArglwyddCivilunder 1 mi
- Former Farmhouse at Bryn TangorAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Moel Fodig CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Groes-wenDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.