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Gate Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE288. The monument rises from bedrock composed of Arenig Rocks, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Arenigian period. These sedimentary rocks, which underlie much of the surrounding landscape, would have been exposed and accessible to the prehistoric communities who set the stone upright at this location.
Standing stones were erected across Britain and Ireland from the Neolithic period onwards, serving functions that likely encompassed territorial markers, ritual significance and burial commemoration. The Gate Standing Stone represents this widespread tradition of monumental stone-working. Its position within the local geology provides insight into how prehistoric peoples engaged with their natural environment, selecting and positioning stones from the materials immediately available to them.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite weathering and landscape changes across millennia, testifies to the substantial labour invested in its original setting. Protected status ensures its continued preservation as an important archaeological and cultural record of Wales's prehistoric heritage.
Gate Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE288. View the official record →
Gate Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE288.
Gate 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.
Gate 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 PE288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maen Pica (5.5 km), Capel Nebo Standing Stone (5.6 km), New Moat Castle Mound (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Gate 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.
Gate Standing Stone stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.