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Fonlief Hir Standing Stones is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference SAM ME057. The site comprises upright stone pillars that represent the type of ritual and ceremonial markers characteristic of Bronze Age communities in Wales, likely erected between approximately 2000 and 800 BCE. Such standing stones typically functioned within a broader landscape of religious and funerary practice, serving as territorial markers, gathering points, or memorials associated with burial and ritual activity. The monument contributes to the substantial corpus of upright stone monuments found across the Meirionnydd region, reflecting the persistent importance of stone-marked places in prehistoric Welsh society.
Fonlief Hir Standing Stones is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME057. View the official record →
Fonlief Hir Standing Stones is a Bronze Age standing stone monument located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference SAM ME057. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME057.
Fonlief Hir 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.
Fonlief Hir 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 ME057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System (8 km), Cors-y-Gedol Burial Chamber (8.2 km), Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered Tomb (8.2 km).
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