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Llech Golman is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference AN070. The stone rises from bedrock formed during the Neoproterozoic era, part of an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion that has shaped the geological foundation of this landscape for over 600 million years.
Standing stones of this type were typically erected during the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods, serving purposes ranging from territorial markers to ritual or burial monuments. The felsic composition of the underlying rock—rich in lighter minerals such as feldspar and quartz—would have provided a distinctive geological setting for this monument's placement.
The stone's survival to the present day reflects both the durability of its material and the enduring significance of the site within the Welsh landscape. As a protected monument, Llech Golman remains an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and belief systems in Wales, standing witness to thousands of years of human history on this ancient geological foundation.
Llech Golman is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN070. View the official record →
Llech Golman is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference AN070.
Llech Golman 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.
Llech Golman 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 AN070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maen Addwyn (0.9 km), Carreg Leidr (1.3 km), Bodafon Mountain Early Medieval Homestead (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llech Golman'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.
Llech Golman stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic-rock.