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Cockett standing stone is a prehistoric monolith located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM582. The stone stands upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a geological unit laid down during the Westphalian period and composed of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This varied substrate characterises much of the South Wales landscape and would have been familiar to the prehistoric communities who erected such monuments.
Standing stones of this type, known as menhirs, were raised during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across Britain and Ireland. Their precise purposes remain contested amongst archaeologists, though they are often interpreted as territorial markers, burial monuments, or ritual focal points within the landscape. Cockett's position within the Coal Measures region reflects the distribution of such monuments across Wales, where stone-working communities selected suitable rocks from their immediate geological environment.
The monument survives today as evidence of prehistoric settlement and activity in South Wales. The durability of the standing stone has ensured its preservation through millennia of subsequent land use and landscape change. Its official protection recognises the archaeological and heritage significance of such monuments as windows into the beliefs, capabilities and territorial organisation of Wales's earliest historic communities.
Cockett standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM582. View the official record →
Cockett standing stone is a prehistoric monolith located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM582.
Cockett 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.
Cockett 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 GM582.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ynys Pit & Leat (3 km), Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds (3.3 km), Clyne Wood Colliery Steam Winding Machine (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cockett 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.
Cockett standing stone stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.