PE409

Standing Stone S of Prysg Farm  

 

Designated  

Pembrokeshire  

Maenclochog  

209554  

227016  

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 stone measures 0.7m by 0.4m at the base and is 1.8m high tapering slightly to a bluntly pointed tip. 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. Two other standing stones lie c 150m to the north east, Standing Stone near Prysg Farm (PE118) and Temple Druid Standing Stone (PE522), 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.