Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maen y Rhos Standing Stone
Llandderfel, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandderfel, Gwynedd, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 27 November 2002
- Community
- Llandderfel
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.94773, -3.53929
- SAM number
- ME228
- Cadw record number
- 3941
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 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)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (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 large, impressive and well-preserved standing stone, which probably dates to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). It is some 1.7m high, 0.75m wide and 0.45m thick, with the longer axis aligned north-east to south-west. It is situated in an upland valley at the head of Nant Lleidiog and is associated with burnt mounds.
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, environmental and structural evidence and preserved prehistoric ground surfaces below and around the monument. 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 areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Small Cowhouse at Coed-y-BedoAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Former Steward's House at Coed-y-BedoDomesticunder 1 mi
- Large Cowhouse at Coed-y-BedoAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Coed-y-Bedo including adjoining former Cartsheds and GranaryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.