Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carreg Wen Prehistoric Standing Stone
Llanidloes Without, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanidloes Without, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 30 June 1999
- Community
- Llanidloes Without
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.48231, -3.72543
- SAM number
- MG252
- Cadw record number
- 1595
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and is located at the edge of forestry at a height of 575m OD. The stone is formed from a block of veined white quartz and measures 1.25m x 0.75m and stands to a height of 2m.
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 scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 4m, centred on the stone.
Nearby in the register
- Nant yr Eira Prehistoric Copper Mines & 19th Century Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Carn Biga, Pumlumon Fawr/PlynlimonRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cairns on Pen Plynlimon-ArwystliRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Carn Fach BugeilynRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.