MAEN LLIA STANDING STONE
Site Details
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NPRN 84541
Map Reference SN91NW
Grid Reference SN92421918
Unitary (Local) Authority Powys
Old County Brecknockshire
Community Maescar
Type of Site STANDING STONE
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Bronze Age
Site Description Maen Llia is a massive slab of conglomerate stone located at the head of a pass between Fan Llia and Fan Nedd. It measures 3.61m high, 2.75m wide and 0.46m thick. Although it allegedly bears faint traces of a latin/ogam inscription (not recently confirmed), its geometric relationship with nearby Bronze Age monuments points to its prehistoric origins.
Survey revealed that Maen Llia has a precise geometrical relationship with a nearby round cairn (NPRN 84539), a concentric embanked earthwork (84544) and, between all three, a platform (84549).
David Leighton & David Percival, RCAHMW, November 1984.
