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Cornel-Bach Standing Stones is a prehistoric standing stone monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE286. The stones stand upon bedrock of Arenig age, formed during the Arenigian period from mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Arenig Rocks formation. This underlying geology has shaped the landscape and stone types available to the monument's builders.
Standing stones of this type are characteristic monuments of Wales dating to the Bronze Age, typically erected as territorial markers, burial monuments or ritual focal points. They represent a significant investment of labour by prehistoric communities, requiring the selection, movement and positioning of substantial blocks of stone. The specific Arenig geology visible in the surrounding landscape would have been familiar to those who quarried and raised these stones.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of environmental exposure and human activity, testifies to the durability of stone construction. Its protection as a Cadw monument recognises its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Welsh uplands. The site remains an important record of Bronze Age cultural activity in this region.
Cornel-Bach Standing Stones is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE286. View the official record →
Cornel-Bach Standing Stones is a prehistoric standing stone monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE286.
Cornel-Bach Standing Stones 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.
Cornel-Bach Standing Stones 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 PE286.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knock Rath (7.6 km), Llandre Entrenchment (7.8 km), Gelly Earthwork (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cornel-Bach Standing Stones'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.
Cornel-Bach Standing Stones stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.