Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
MG297
Name
Esgair Draenllwyn Stone Setting
Date of Designation
28/09/2001
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Carno
Easting
293023
Northing
295053
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Stone Setting
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a stone setting, an arrangement of one or more standing stones where the original form of monument unclear, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Esgair Draenllwyn Stone Setting measures some 5m by 4m, and is comprised of three edge-set stones 0.3m high.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Stone settings 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 circle and measures 6m in diameter, centred on SN 9303 9505.