Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15306
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/02/1995
Date of Amendment
09/02/1995
Name of Property
Carreg Maen Taro
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Torfaen
Community
Blaenavon
Town
Garn-yr-Erw
Locality
Easting
323830
Northing
211320
Street Side
Location
Located at the top of the mountain 1.5 km north of Garn-yr-Erw, at the border of the Blaenavon, Llanfoist Fawr and Llanelly communities.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Exterior
A roughly hewn standing stone 1.7m high marked with the letters 'B' and 'M' and surrounded by a spread of smaller stones. It is traditionally reputed to mark the site of an ancient battle. The date of erection is uncertain. However the stone is situated on the line of the former boundary between the counties of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, to which the letters refer. The 'M' is carved on the south-east side and the 'B' on the north. The letters are in a primitive serifed Roman style, suggesting they were probably carved in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The stone also marks the geological fault known by the name, which can be translated as'stone of rock striking', meaning perhaps that the standing stone was where surface rock was met at the fault.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual surviving county boundary stone.
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