Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moel y Plas Round Barrow
Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanarmon-yn-Ial
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.08965, -3.24036
- SAM number
- DE062
- Cadw record number
- 2930
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
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 a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow is circular in plan and has a rounded profile. It stands c.0.9m high, with a diameter of c.12m.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tyn-y-Mynydd Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Moel Llech Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Range of Outbuildings to NE of Gelli Gynan FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Range of Outbuildings attached to Gelli Gynan FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.