Lain Wen Farm Inscribed Stone

  • SH355746
  • Disputed
Nearest town:
Llangefni (11km ENE)
OS reference:
SH355746
OS sheet:
114
Latitude:
53° 14' 33.11 N
Longitude:
4° 27' 55.71 W
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Lain Wen Farm Inscribed Stone

C
CARL Sep 17, 2012

Visited 8.9.12

It is impossible to park near the stone although there is room on the grass verge a little way up from Maen Hir House (opposite the stone)

The stone is fairly easily spotted sticking its head up above the dry stone wall.

You can sit on the wall and look over for a close up look.
Maybe it was the light but I couldn’t make out much of the inscription on the stone.

Lain Wen Farm Inscribed Stone

Howden
Howden Mar 1, 2003

A small and rather uninspiring stone hidden behind a dry stone wall right next to the A4080 running south from the A5 towards Barclodiad y Gawres. Interesting for the Roman (?) inscriptions carved on to it.

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Lain Wen Farm Inscribed Stone
Dunstan
Dunstan Sep 13, 2005

This is a Dark Age christian memorial stone from around the 6th century CE. The RCAHMW gives the inscription as ‘CUNOGUSI HIC IACIT’ [Latin for ‘Cunogusus lies here’]. The letters are still fairly easy to make out.

There is a rumour that the stone has a cup mark on one side, making it a re-used prehistoric menhir, but I couldn’t find it.

Apparently the name Cunogusus is preserved in the name of the nearest village, Pencarnisiog, which if true would be a wonderful example of continuity over the last twelve centuries.

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