Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carreg Hir Standing Stone
Caersws, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caersws, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 25 February 2002
- Community
- Caersws
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.56055, -3.45567
- SAM number
- MG275
- Cadw record number
- 128
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 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 stands less than 100m from the LLyn Tarw ring cairn and within 1km of the Poachers Ring stone circle, possessing considerable group value.
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 a circle and measures 5m in diameter, centred on the stone.
Nearby in the register
- Ring Cairn 540m SW of Llyn y TarwRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Llyn y Tarw CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bryn Du hut circleHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stonePlatform Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.