Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffrith-Uchaf Round Cairn
Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llangernyw
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.12450, -3.70335
- SAM number
- DE118
- Cadw record number
- 148
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
A burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2,300BC - 800BC). It is located approximately 930m NW of Tai Pellaf, 1.4km SW of Llwyn Saint and approximately 35m NW of the road between Gwytherin and Llanrwst on the lower S slopes of Ffrith Uchaf. Its diameter is 7m NW-SE and height 0.6m but its profile has been mutilated by an incomplete trench cut through from SW-NE, 0.75m wide and 0.25m deep. This excavation, un-noted elsewhere but having taken place sometime between 1925 and 1963, has exposed the cairn's stony composition. About 35 stones are scattered mainly along this trench, others perhaps denoting the remains of a kerb.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric funerary practises. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Call-boxCommunications1 mi
- St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, GwytherinChapel1 mi
- Church of St WinifredReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Group of Four Inscribed Stones in Gwytherin ChurchyardInscribed Stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.