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Bryn Hafod Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG298. The monument rises from bedrock composed of Wenlock Rocks, undifferentiated sandstone and conglomerate deposits laid down during the Wenlock period. These interbedded geological formations provide a stable foundation for the upright stone, which would have been selected and erected by prehistoric communities with considerable knowledge of their local landscape.
Standing stones of this type were typically raised during the Neolithic or Bronze Age, functioning as territorial markers, ritual focal points, or memorials within the communities that set them in place. The Wenlock sandstone and conglomerate bedrock surrounding Bryn Hafod would have provided suitable stone for tool-making and construction throughout prehistory, making the location strategically significant.
The stone survives as testament to the enduring monument-building traditions of prehistoric Wales. Its protected status recognises its importance as a rare physical record of early human activity and land-use in this region, preserving evidence of how our ancestors marked and claimed their environment across millennia.
Bryn Hafod Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG298. View the official record →
Bryn Hafod Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG298.
Bryn Hafod Standing Stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bryn Hafod Standing Stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MG298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beili-Bedw Earthworks (6.3 km), Cwm Sidywal settlements (7.7 km), Crugyn Tumulus (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bryn Hafod Standing Stone's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bryn Hafod Standing Stone stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.