Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gellifawr, Standing Stone 70m SW of
Cwm Gwaun, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cwm Gwaun, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 November 2005
- Community
- Cwm Gwaun
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.97456, -4.82361
- SAM number
- PE502
- Cadw record number
- 10
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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 is a fine standing stone probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 BC - 800 BC). It is located in an enclosed field of permanent pasture on a gently sloping W facing terrace above the River Gwaun. The stone is upright and earthfast. It is notable for its bent profile and flattened top. The standing stone is 1.7 m tall, 1.1 m wide and 0.7 m deep. It is NW-SE oriented. Earthfast packing stones are visible at the base of the standing stone. A further standing stone (Scheduled Ancient Monument PE202) is located 700 m NNE, but is not currently intervisible.
The standing stone is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual practices. Such standing stones are assumed to have had some form of religious or ceremonial function. It represents a notable element in the wider prehistoric and funerary landscape. The monument retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 6m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Tre-Fach Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Tre-Gynon CampPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian RetreatNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat CentreNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.