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Four Crosses Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CN105. The monument rises from bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks—felsic lavas and tuffs laid down over 440 million years ago during the early Palaeozoic. This ancient volcanic geology forms the solid foundation upon which the standing stone has endured through the millennia.
Standing stones such as this typically date to the Bronze Age or earlier prehistory, serving purposes now lost to time. Their erection required considerable labour and communal effort, suggesting their significance in the ritual, territorial or commemorative practices of their builders. The survival of the Four Crosses stone testifies to the durability of its construction and the stability afforded by the Ordovician bedrock beneath.
Today the monument remains an important record of prehistoric Wales. Its preservation under Cadw protection ensures that this ancient marker continues to stand in the landscape where it was placed by hands long departed, offering visitors and scholars alike a tangible link to the Bronze Age or earlier peoples who once inhabited this corner of Wales.
Four Crosses Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN105. View the official record →
Four Crosses Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CN105.
Four Crosses 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.
Four Crosses 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 CN105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber, Four Crosses (0.5 km), Enclosed Hut Group at Clogwyn Bach (2.2 km), Pennarth Fawr (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Four Crosses 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.
Four Crosses Standing Stone stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic lava and felsic tuff.