Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Standing Stone S of Cerrig-y-Cledd
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 27 January 1994
- Community
- Barmouth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.75761, -4.01244
- SAM number
- ME139
- Cadw record number
- 2499
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 1795 "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).
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). This prominent stone, about 1.5m high, stands within a coniferous plantation, adjacent to a forestry access track. Earlier accounts record a cairn circle immediately to the NE of the stone.
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. Standing stones are often part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value. The monument's association with the cairn circle therefore adds to its value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Corn Drying House at Felin SylfaenCommercialunder 1 mi
- Fortified Settlement at Bryn CastellEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Cerrig Arthur Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.