Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Arthog Standing Stones
Arthog, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Arthog, Gwynedd, recorded as Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Kerb Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 24 October 1979
- Community
- Arthog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.70615, -3.99552
- SAM number
- ME105
- Cadw record number
- 2489
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (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 Monument.
The monument is thought to comprise the remains of a burial cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). Four flattish upright stones and the stubs of two others form the arc of a small circle approximately 3.5m in diameter, while four further stones stand in a more or less straight line about 2m to the east. In addition there is a large quartz boulder which does not form part of either of the other two features, and a small heap of earthfast stone just S of the arc of uprights. The stones range in height from approximately 0.4m to 1m, and some bear traces of use as gateposts. Low banks in the vicinity of the site hint at disturbance by later cultivation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact burial or ritual deposits. Its importance is further enhanced by its group value with nearby standing stones and round cairns.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Llys Bradwen Medieval SiteEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Pant-Phylip FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Waen Bant Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Afon Arthog Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.