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Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The stone rises from a landscape underlain by Wenlock rocks, a succession of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period around 430 million years ago. The local geology has shaped both the character of the surrounding terrain and the material available to the monument's builders.
Standing stones of this type were typically erected during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, functioning as territorial markers, burial monuments or focal points within ritual landscapes. The stone's position approximately 400 metres north-east of Four Stones suggests it may form part of a broader ceremonial or functional grouping within the local prehistoric landscape. Such monuments often commanded views across valleys and communication routes, serving practical as well as symbolic purposes.
Today the standing stone survives as evidence of prehistoric activity in Wales, its persistence through millennia a testament to its substantial construction. The Wenlock bedrock that underpins the site would have presented both opportunities and challenges to its Bronze Age or Neolithic creators, determining which stone types could be quarried and moved to form this enduring monument.
Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD064. View the official record →
Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD064.
Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones 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 400m ENE of Four 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 RD064.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Radnor Castle (1.9 km), Worsell Wood cairn cemetery (3.3 km), Mound 150yds (140m) N of church (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four 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.
Standing Stone 400m ENE of Four Stones stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.