Gwynedd Archaeological
Trust Regional Historic Environment Record
Bryn Seward Standing Stones, Arthog
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 4873 Trust : Gwynedd Community : Arthog Unitary authority : Gwynedd NGR : SH62601179 Site Type (preferred type first) : PREHISTORIC STONE ALIGNMENT Status : Scheduled Monument
Description : Two upright stones stand 50yds apart on Bryn Seward. They are built into a wall on the N side of the road. <1>
Stones mentioned in <2>
Further standing stones might have existed as the remains of the recent fieldwall, into which the stones have been incorporated, contains at least two other sizeable monoliths. <3>
A) SH 62591176: standing stone measuring 2.1m in height, and triangular in section with sides of 0.8m, 0.9m and 0.5m. Packing stones are visible around base.
B) SH 62641176: standing stone measuring 1.5m in height. Rectangular in section measuring 0.6m width and 0.5m in thickness, but pointed at top.
C) SH 62611176: a block of stone measuring 0.6m height, 0.8m in width, and 0.6m in thickness.
D) SH 62581176: this stone measures 1.8m in length, 0.5m in width and 0.4m in thickness. It is incorporated in the structure if the wall. <4>
Several large stones including two quite impressive orthostatic slabs incorporated in a curving rubble field wall of probably post-med date. The smaller stones would be typical in a field wall anyway. The 2 larger stones are set crossways to the line of the wall which suggests they were erected as part of the wall perhaps to delineate the boundary. However, the location parallel to a significant route is similar to 4884 to the South West (Smith 2001).
