Harold’s Stones

E16938

Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.


Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
prehistoric standing stone alignment
scheduled monument
accessibleToPublic true
alignmentType standing stone alignment
associatedWith Harold Godwinson
surface form: "King Harold II"

local legend
category Archaeological sites in Monmouthshire
Bronze Age sites in Wales
Megalithic monument in Wales
chronologicalContext prehistoric
country United Kingdom
culturalPeriod Bronze Age
hasAlternativeSpelling Harold’s Stone alignment
hasCoordinateSystem OS grid reference
hasFeature three large upright stones
hasNameLanguage English
hasNearbySettlement Trellech
heritageDesignation Scheduled Ancient Monument
heritageDesignationAuthority Cadw
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom
locatedIn Monmouthshire
Trellech
Wales
material stone
near Monmouth
Trellech
surface form: "the village of Trellech"
numberOfStones 3
orientation roughly linear alignment
region South Wales
touristAttraction true

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trellech hasLandmark Harold’s Stones