Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Fonllech Hir Standing Stone (1), Harlech

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1038
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Harlech
Unitary authority : Gwynedd
NGR : SH60143130
Site Type (preferred type first) : BRONZE AGE STANDING STONE
Status : Scheduled Monument

Description :
Standing stone (NE) OS 6" 1963. <1>

Rectangular standing stone (tapering) 8' 6" high x 3' x 1' 4". One of a series marking an ancient trackway (see SH63 SW10). Standing stone, no change. Published survey 25" correct. <2>

Visited during Ardudwy survey. Plan 6. <3>

Standing stone 2.2m high 0.9m wide and 0.4m thick at base. Earthfast visible on W side. <4>

A well preserved approximately rectangular slab orientated to face E-W. One of a series set alongside the Moel Goedog trackway in upland pasture (Smith 2001).

Sources :
Smith, G. , 2001 , Survey of Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments in Wales: Meirionnydd, 2000-2001 ( © GAT)
Smith, G., and Steele, N. , 2005 , Pan-Wales Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Trial Data Synthesis ( © GAT)
Kelly, R. S. , 1979 , Standing Stone - Moel Y Sensiol , <3>
Ordnance Survey , 1972 , SH63SW 7 , <1>
Bowen, E. G. & Gresham, C. A. , 1967 , History of Merioneth , <2>
Lynch, F. , 1984 , Archaeologia Cambrensis , <5>

Events :
41639 : Me 057 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1982)
41640 : Me 057 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1994)
41641 : Me 057 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1988)
40529 : Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments: Meirionnydd (year : 2001)
40527 : Pan-wales Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Trial Data Synthesis (year : 2005)

Related records
National Monuments Record Wales NPRN 302758 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302758/

Compiled date : 27-04-1988


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