Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Afon Hyddgen stone row
Cadfarch, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Row
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 23 November 2005
- Community
- Cadfarch
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.48923, -3.79703
- SAM number
- MG309
- Cadw record number
- 4211
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 stone row, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open moorland on level terrace below Banc Lechwedd-Mawr and above the Afon Hyddgen. The four stones are aligned from NE to SW, the row measuring 6.5m in length overall and decreasing in size from the largest on the SW. The largest stone measures 0.8m in height, 0.6m in length and 0.5m in width. The next stone has fallen, its neighbour measures 0.4m in height and the smallest, that on the NE, measures 0.1m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential with a strong probability of associated archaeological features and deposits and forms an important element in the wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It is a well-preserved example of a rare monument type.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 22m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Banc Llechwedd-mawr round cairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Craig y Dullfan ring cairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Carn Gwilym Round CairnsRound Cairn1 mi
- Nant y Baracs Deserted Rural SettlementLonghouse2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.