Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Creigiau Eglwyseg Stone Circle
Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llantysilio, Denbighshire, recorded as Stone Circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llantysilio
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.99792, -3.15146
- SAM number
- DE080
- Cadw record number
- 2933
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (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 stone circle which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The monument consists of a broken ring of large stones, c.16m in diameter, with traces without of a slight bank, or scarp. There are 38 stones in the main circle, and others visible in the slight bank on the south side. Most are recumbent or displaced and it is difficult to tell how they would have been set originally. The bank is c. 1.2m wide x 0.3m high. There is evidence of disturbance in centre ( a sub-square depression c. 1 x 1.2 x 0.3m)
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Stone circles are often 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
- Creigiau Eglwyseg Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Creigiau Eglwyseg Round Barrows & Earth CircleRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Two Cairns on Ruabon MountainRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Creigiau Eglwyseg CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.