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Hengaeau Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME207. The stone stands upon bedrock of Lower Cambrian age, where sandstone and conglomerate beds are interbedded in complex sequences formed during the Early Cambrian period. This ancient geological foundation has supported the monument through millennia of Welsh landscape history.
Standing stones of this type were typically erected during the Neolithic or Bronze Age, serving purposes that remain partly enigmatic—territorial markers, ritual foci, or memorials to significant individuals or events. Their isolated positions across the Welsh uplands and lowlands suggest a landscape understood and mapped by prehistoric communities in ways now lost to us.
The stone's survival reflects both the durability of its geological setting and the cultural continuity of the Welsh landscape. As a scheduled monument under Cadw's protection, Hengaeau contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and the use of prominent natural features in early Welsh communities. The monument remains an important marker of the deep human history embedded in this part of Wales.
Hengaeau Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME207. View the official record →
Hengaeau Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME207.
Hengaeau 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.
Hengaeau 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 ME207.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr (8.3 km), Ceunant Egryn Enclosed Settlement (8.7 km), Ceunant Egryn Hut Group (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hengaeau 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.
Hengaeau Standing Stone stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.