Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llyn Dwr Standing Stone
Abbey Cwmhir, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Community
- Abbey Cwmhir
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.31626, -3.39846
- SAM number
- RD160
- Cadw record number
- 1552
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 standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It measures c.0.45m by 0.45m and stands to a height of c.0.75m, located less than 100m from a prominent bronze age cairn (RD161).
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 2m in diameter, centred on the cairn.
Nearby in the register
- Llyn Dwr CairnCairnunder 1 mi
- Clywedog BridgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cwmhir AbbeyAbbey1 mi
- SW farm range at Home FarmNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.