Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bedd Emlyn
Clocaenog, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Clocaenog, Denbighshire, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 2 March 1990
- Community
- Clocaenog
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.06799, -3.41547
- SAM number
- DE201
- Cadw record number
- 3793
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (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 monument comprises the remains of a probable round barrow or burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC), with, in addition, possible early Medieval associations. The monument occupies a hilltop position with wide views to the northeast.
The barrow is a 0.5m high, oval mound measuring c.30m (NE-SW) x 20m. There is a depression in the centre c.6m x 2m which probably relates to nineteenth century investigation. The monument is sited in a commanding position with wide views to the north-east in particular. Association with a 5th – 6th century AD inscribed stone implies that the mound may also be the site of early Medieval activity.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. In addition the monument has early Medieval associations.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 30m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn Beddau Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Bryn Beddau Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Maen Llwyd Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Pont Petryal Caerau CirclesEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.