Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barclodiad-y-Gawres Round Cairn
Caerhun, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caerhun, Conwy, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Caerhun
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.22598, -3.92284
- SAM number
- CN131
- Cadw record number
- 558
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a group of cairns which forms part of the larger group all along the track at Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen. Barclodiad-y-Gawres is the most noticeable of the cairns, having survived as a largish heap of stones, and this is presumably why it is sufficiently well known to have a name. The rest are larger or smaller earthfast spreads of stone. One of this group may in fact be the remains of a building.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric funerary and ritual practice . The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Bwlch y Ddeufaen Standing StonesStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Cerrig Pryfaid Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Hut Circles West of Foel LlwydUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Roman Road N of Llannerch FedwRoadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.