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Saith-Maen Standing Stones is a Bronze Age stone row located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR065. The monument consists of multiple standing stones arranged in linear formation, a characteristic ritual or ceremonial feature of the Bronze Age landscape. Such rows were typically erected between approximately 2500 and 1500 BC and often served functions related to funerary practices, territorial markers or celestial observation.
The stones at Saith-Maen stand upon bedrock comprising Ashgill Rocks—Undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations—which geologically date to the Ashgill epoch of the Ordovician period. This ancient bedrock would have been exposed to Bronze Age peoples, though erosion and soil accumulation have since partly obscured it. The choice of location reflects Bronze Age communities' familiarity with local stone outcrops and the landscape's natural topography.
The monument remains a significant testimony to prehistoric ceremonial practice and land use in Wales. Stone rows of this type are comparatively rare in the Welsh archaeological record, making Saith-Maen an important example of Bronze Age monumental construction. The site's preservation through statutory protection enables continued study of these enigmatic ritual landscapes and the societies that created them.
Saith-Maen Standing Stones is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR065. View the official record →
Saith-Maen Standing Stones is a Bronze Age stone row located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR065.
Saith-Maen Standing Stones dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a stone row. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Saith-Maen Standing Stones 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 BR065.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing Stone NE of Capel Rhos (4.5 km), Earthworks SW of Church (5 km), Darren round cairn (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Saith-Maen Standing Stones'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.
Saith-Maen Standing Stones stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.