Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hengaeau Standing Stone
Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 25 February 2003
- Community
- Llanfair
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.84005, -4.10324
- SAM number
- ME207
- Cadw record number
- 3934
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 large, impressive and well-preserved standing stone, which probably date to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). It is some 3.0m high, 0.90m wide and 0.75m thick, with the longer axis aligned east to west. It is currently embodied in the wall of a drystone sheepfold. The monument is associated with the Fonllech Hir prehistoric trackway.
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 be further enhanced by their group 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
- Gwern Einion Burial ChamberChambered Tombunder 1 mi
- Brwyn-Llynau Enclosed SettlementEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Haybarn at Llwyn HwlcynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Agricultural range at Llwyn HwlcynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.