Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD198
Name
Cefn Llanerchi Standing Stones
Date of Designation
31/10/2002
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Rhayader
Easting
289840
Northing
263510
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Stone Alignment
Period
Prehistoric
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 alignment, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). There are two stones which once stood upright and are associated with the Rhos y Gelynnen stone row and ring cairn to the south-east. The northern stone (I) is some 0.6m by 0.3m at the base and is 2.3m long, tapering to a wedge at the apex. Stone II, which has fallen and lies partly buried, is some 3.70m long and 0.5m wide.
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 retain significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial and ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. Stone alignments 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. It is a rectangle and measures 8m x 6m, aligned N-S.