Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Fonllech Hir Standing Stone (4), Harlech

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1041
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Harlech
Unitary authority : Gwynedd
NGR : SH60713204
Site Type (preferred type first) : BRONZE AGE STANDING STONE
Status : Scheduled Monument

Description :
Squat stone measuring 2'6" high x 2'9" x ?'6". One of a series. <1>

No change. <2>

Site visit during Ardudwy survey. No change. <3>

Standing stone 0.9m high x 0.5m x 0.6m at base 6th junction two tracks. <4>

A short, massive boulder, well rounded edges. Like PRN 1040. A small piece split off quite recently by frost action (some field notes illegible). (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 I , <1>
Ordnance Survey , 1972 , SH63SW 9 , <2>
Kelly, R. S. , 1979 , Standing Stone: Fonlief Hir , <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 404179 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404179/

Compiled date : 27-04-1988


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