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Standing Stone near Prysg Farm is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw. The monument consists of a single upright stone that testifies to the ritual or territorial significance of the landscape in antiquity. Standing stones of this type were erected across Britain and Ireland from the Neolithic period onwards, often marking important places in the prehistoric world.
The stone stands upon bedrock belonging to the Arenig Rocks formation, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Arenigian period of geological time. This foundation of soft sedimentary rock contrasts with harder igneous outcrops elsewhere in Wales, and the choice of this particular location may reflect the availability of suitable stone or the importance of the site to its prehistoric builders.
Scheduled and protected by Cadw under reference PE118, the monument survives as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and social organisation in Wales. The standing stone remains a focal point in its rural setting near Prysg Farm, its original purpose now lost to time, though similar monuments elsewhere served functions ranging from burial markers and territorial boundaries to ritual gathering places and astronomical alignments.
Standing Stone near Prysg Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE118. View the official record →
Standing Stone near Prysg Farm is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE118.
Standing Stone near Prysg Farm 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 near Prysg Farm 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 PE118.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gelly Earthwork (7.6 km), Drim Camp (8.2 km), Earthworks SE of Clyn-Derwen (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Standing Stone near Prysg Farm'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 near Prysg Farm stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.