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The Peterstone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR268. Like other monolithic stones erected across Britain and Ireland during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, it represents a significant marker in the landscape, though its precise date of erection remains unknown. Standing stones served varied purposes—territorial markers, burial monuments, ritual sites or waypoints across the ancient countryside.
The stone rises from bedrock composed of Lower Devonian rocks, a foundation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down in shallow seas over 400 million years ago during the Early Devonian period. This geological substrate would have been well-known to the prehistoric communities who selected and positioned the Peterstone, and the stone itself likely derives from local or nearby stone sources, forming part of the visual and material culture of its region.
The monument survives as physical evidence of prehistoric monument-building traditions in Wales. Its continued presence on the landscape, protected and recorded, allows modern visitors and scholars to engage with the deep history of the Welsh countryside and the ways in which our ancestors marked and understood their environment through the deliberate placing of stone.
The Peterstone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR268. View the official record →
The Peterstone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR268.
The Peterstone 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.
The Peterstone 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 BR268.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tyle Clydach Hillfort (5.1 km), Tump Wood Camp (5.7 km), Cwm Cwareli Longhouse and Long Hut (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of The Peterstone'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.
The Peterstone stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.