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Pen-y-bont Standing Stone is a prehistoric monolith located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM BR265. The stone dates to the Bronze Age or earlier prehistoric period and represents one of the region's ritual or ceremonial monuments, likely associated with funerary practices or territorial marking common to upland Welsh communities of that era. The monument stands as testimony to the spiritual and social significance attached to certain landscape features during prehistory, though specific details of its original function and any associated burial practices remain subject to archaeological interpretation.
Pen-y-bont Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR265. View the official record →
Pen-y-bont Standing Stone is a prehistoric monolith located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM BR265. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR265.
Pen-y-bont 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.
Pen-y-bont 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 BR265.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fortlet (revealed by aerial photography), Disserth (4.1 km), Cwrt Llechryd moated site (5 km), Castell Cae-Maerdy Castle Mound (5.4 km).
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