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Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard is a prehistoric standing stone located within the churchyard at Llanwrthwl in Wales. The monument consists of an upright stone of significant antiquity, positioned in a landscape of deep geological history. The underlying bedrock comprises Ashgill Rocks, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Ashgill period of the Ordovician. This ancient sedimentary geology has shaped the character of the local stone available to prehistoric communities.
Standing stones of this type typically date to the Neolithic or Bronze Age and served purposes that ranged from territorial markers to burial monuments or ritual sites. The integration of this stone into the later Christian churchyard demonstrates how significant prehistoric landmarks were often retained and incorporated into successive phases of settlement and worship across many centuries.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Heritage Monuments Service, under reference number BR419. Its placement within an ecclesiastical site has contributed to its survival, preserving this tangible connection to the prehistoric peoples who once worked the land beneath the Ashgill bedrock.
Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR419. View the official record →
Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard is a prehistoric standing stone located within the churchyard at Llanwrthwl in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR419.
Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard 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, Llanwrthwl Churchyard 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 BR419.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hafen standing stone pair (4.4 km), Carn Pantmaenllwyd cairn (5.1 km), Pen-llys Earthwork (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard'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, Llanwrthwl Churchyard stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.