Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hwlffordd Round Barrows
Llansannan, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llansannan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.17498, -3.56788
- SAM number
- DE197
- Cadw record number
- 3800
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of two earthen built round barrows, burial mounds which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). They occupy the ridge between the Aled valley and its tributary Deunant valley. Barrow A is circular in shape on plan and has a rounded profile. Its diameter is approximately 25m W-E and its height ranges between 0.8m high when seen from the N and 0.5m from the S. Barrow B is also circular in shape on plan, with a rounded profile. Its diameter is approximately 22m and its height ranges between 1.5m when seen from the SW and 0.9m from the SE.
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. Barrows 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
- Pont DeunantTransportunder 1 mi
- Plas Newydd Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Lychgate at the Church of St SannanReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Church of St SannanReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.