Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Trellwyn Fawr, Standing Stone 60m WSW 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)
- 51.98465, -4.91191
- SAM number
- PE505
- Cadw record number
- 1148
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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)
- 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.
This fine standing stone, originally part of a standing stone pair, is located in an enclosed field of permanent pasture on a gentle S facing slope with fine views over the Cwm Gwaun valley to the SE. It probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 BC - 800 BC). The stone is well preserved, upright and earthfast. It measures 1.6m tall, 1.0m wide and 0.5m deep. It is oriented NE-SW and tapers to a flattened tip.
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 10m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Parc-y-Meirw Standing StonesStone Rowunder 1 mi
- Trellwyn Fach, Standing Stone 100m NW ofStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Bont CilrhedynDomesticunder 1 mi
- LlethrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.