Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carneddau, standing stone to SSW of
Llanelwedd, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 16 March 2005
- Community
- Llanelwedd
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.17127, -3.37440
- SAM number
- RD219
- Cadw record number
- 4123
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 Monument.
The monument comprises an impressive standing stone, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). It is an impressive large block of stone, standing 2.3m in height and measuring 1.1m in thickness from NW to SE and 0.5m in width. It has been used as a boundary marker and stands at the junction of several ruinous drystone walls and modern fences.
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.
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 7m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Caer Einon CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Caer Fawr Medieval SettlementHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Carneddau Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bwlch y TrawspenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.