Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Waen Bant Standing Stone
Arthog, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Arthog, Gwynedd, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 April 1989
- Community
- Arthog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.70012, -3.99666
- SAM number
- ME125
- Cadw record number
- 2491
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c.2300 - 800 BC). It tapers towards its top and stands 1.9m high, measuring approximately 0.6m x 0.5m at its base. It is situated on the crest of a north-south ridge, at the south end. It commands extensive views towards the north and west and is visible from some distance away. It overlooks an ancient routeway through the Meirionnydd hills, and is among a number of sites in the local area which represent the ritual and settlement landscape along this routeway.
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. The importance of the standing stone is further enhanced by its group value with other prehistoric monuments nearby.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Afon Arthog Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Llys Bradwen Medieval SiteEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Arthog Standing StonesKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Pant-Phylip FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.