Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Fonllech Hir Standing Stone (3), Harlech

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1040
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Harlech
Unitary authority : Gwynedd
NGR : SH60673203
Site Type (preferred type first) : BRONZE AGE STANDING STONE
Status : Scheduled Monument

Description :
Tall slab 3ft x 2ft x 9 inches. <1>

The standing stone has packing stones clearly visible at its base. <2>

Site visit during Ardudwy survey: no change. <3>

Standing stone 1m high 0.5m x 0.18m. Packing stones. <4>

Thin slab of stone set with packing stones, facing East-West (Smith 2001).

Sources :
Kenney, J. , 2009 , Track to the South of Moel Goedog Near Harlech ( © GAT)
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)
Bowen, E. G. & Gresham, C. A. , 1967 , History of Merioneth Vol 1 , <1>
Ordnance Survey , 1972 , SH63SW , <2>
Kelly, R. S. , 1979 , Standing Stone , <3>
Lynch, F. , 1984 , Archaeologia Cambrensis , <5>

Events :
41641 : Me 057 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1988)
40529 : Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments: Meirionnydd (year : 2001)
40778 : Track to the South of Moel Goedog Near Harlech (year : 2009)
40527 : Pan-wales Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Trial Data Synthesis (year : 2005)

Related records
National Monuments Record Wales NPRN 404178 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404178/

Compiled date : 27-04-1988


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