Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryntwppa stone row
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Glascwm, Powys, recorded as Stone Row (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Row
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 10 November 2004
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.17814, -3.33227
- SAM number
- RD236
- Cadw record number
- 1085
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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)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (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 stone row, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated at the edge of an enclosed field of improved pasture. The stones are aligned from ESE to WNW. The largest, that on the ESE, measures 0.9m in height, 1.1m in length and 0.7m in width. The central stone measures 1.05m in height, 0.7m in length and 0.5m in width. The smallest stone, that on the WNW, measures 0.65m in height, 0.7m in length and 0.5m in width.
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. It is a well-preserved and classic example of a rare monument type.
The area 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
- The Gaer hillfortHillfortunder 1 mi
- Cilberllan ring cairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Castle Bank ring cairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cwm-berwyn round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.