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Battle Standing Stone

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NPRN301141
Map ReferenceSO03SW
Grid ReferenceSO0062030630
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityYscir
Type Of SiteSTANDING STONE
PeriodBronze Age
Description
On farmland at Battle, 168m above O.D., is a blunt-pointed sandstone monolith about 1m square at the base. It leans slightly to the E and stands 3.96m high swelling to 1.22m at the broadest, giving the impression of being top-heavy and sits at the S end of a stony mound 10 m long N.-S. and 0.9m high - possibly originally a cairn. The nearby tumulus (at SO 0060 3075, 190m above O.D.) mentioned by James, is the spoilheap from an old quarry. Another mound-like feature in the field incorporating fieldstones is probably modern.

RCAHMW, 1997, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Brecknock, Part i, pp 172-3 (SS 25) & Plate 3.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 11th September 2008.