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Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens is a prehistoric upright stone positioned on the arenitic bedrock of mid-Wales. The stone rises from geology formed during the Arenigian period, when mudstone, siltstone and sandstone accumulated in ancient seas. This foundation of Arenig Rocks has shaped the landscape for over 470 million years, providing the solid ground upon which the monument was eventually raised.
Standing stones of this type were erected during the Bronze Age, typically as markers, territorial monuments or memorials within the wider prehistoric landscape. Their sheer mass and the labour required to position them suggests they held significant ceremonial or communal importance for the communities that built them. The stone's location, north-west of Spring Gardens, places it within the rolling upland terrain characteristic of mid-Wales, where such monuments often overlook valleys and water sources.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference PE406, securing its preservation as part of Wales's archaeological heritage. The stone survives as a direct physical link to Bronze Age settlement patterns and the enduring cultural practices of prehistoric Wales, standing testament to the symbolic and practical concerns of people who inhabited this landscape millennia ago.
Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE406. View the official record →
Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens is a prehistoric upright stone positioned on the arenitic bedrock of mid-Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE406.
Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens 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.
Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens 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 PE406.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inscribed Stone in outer face of wall of St Michael's Church (now in Llandissilio Church) (6.6 km), Castell Gwyn (6.6 km), Castell-y-Fran (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens'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.
Standing Stone 110m NW of Spring Gardens stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.