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Nant y Llyn Stone Row

A Scheduled Monument in Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy), Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3079 / 52°18'28"N

Longitude: -3.5691 / 3°34'8"W

OS Eastings: 293119

OS Northings: 268918

OS Grid: SN931689

Mapcode National: GBR 9F.WRX7

Mapcode Global: VH5CP.3802

Entry Name: Nant y Llyn Stone Row

Scheduled Date: 24 June 2003

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3920

Cadw Legacy ID: RD197

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Stone alignment

Period: Prehistoric

County: Powys

Community: Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy)

Traditional County: Radnorshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a stone alignment, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and stands a prominent knoll overlooking the head of Pant Nant y Llyn. There are three standing stones aligned north-east to south-west and some 5.7m in length.

The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. It is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial and ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. Stone alignments are often part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.

The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is a reactangle and measures 10m x 2m.

Source: Cadw

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