Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pegwn Mawr, Standing Stone 620m NNE of
Llandinam, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandinam, Powys, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 June 2012
- Community
- Llandinam
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.42553, -3.43266
- SAM number
- MG333
- Cadw record number
- 954
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (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 monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). Pegwn Mawr is located on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking a steep sided gully to the N. The standing stone measures 0.64m in height, 0.55m in length (N-S) and 0.38m in width (E-W). It is sub-rectangular in shape on plan at its base, rising to a blunt and rounded tip. The stone is earthfast with packing stones visible on the N and S sides.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Pegwn Mawr Round BarrowsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Domen Ddu Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Pegwn Bach Round BarrowRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Polyn y Groes-Ddu Round Barrow, Waun Lluest OwainRound Barrow1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.