BR113

Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone  

 

Designated  

Powys  

The Vale of Grwyney  

323249  

216862  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Standing Stone  

Prehistoric  

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). The standing stone is 4m high, 1m wide and 0.8m thick, tapering to a point 0.3m wide at the top. The E side of the stone is flat while the other three sides are rough and uneven. The stone lies just inside the grounds of the former Cwrt y Gollen Army Training School and has had paving and a wooden fence placed around it. 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.