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Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones

A Scheduled Monument in Trearddur, Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2957 / 53°17'44"N

Longitude: -4.6618 / 4°39'42"W

OS Eastings: 222698

OS Northings: 380948

OS Grid: SH226809

Mapcode National: GBR GMVZ.RD0

Mapcode Global: WH31B.CFB8

Entry Name: Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones

Scheduled Date:

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3249

Cadw Legacy ID: AN017

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Standing stone

Period: Prehistoric

County: Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

Community: Trearddur

Traditional County: Anglesey

Description

The monument consists of two standing stones probably dating to the Bronze Age. They stand 3.25 m apart and located in a saddle between two small hills. The south west stone is c. 2.8 m high, 1 m wide at the base and 0.2 m thick. The other stone is 3 m high, 1 m wide at the base and 0.2 m thick. They are aligned on a north-north-east by south-south-west axis. There is a tradition that there was a stone cist found between the stones, containing bones, spear heads and arrow heads.

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 retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Standing stones 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.

Source: Cadw

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