Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Crop Marks W of Meusydd Smithy
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, recorded as Enclosure (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 19 December 1977
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.81772, -3.28688
- SAM number
- DE220
- Cadw record number
- 2331
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1897 · 137 Oswestry (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (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.
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosure, identified only as a cropmark. The cropmark shows a broad, near circular, ditch with a narrow ditch concentrically within, revealed by aerial photography in 1975. Six pits forming a regular hexagon some 6.0m in diameter, is 40m to the east. Also ten post-pits form a circle some 10m in diameter, about 85m to the west. These features may possibly be 'ritual structures' of henge type.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual activity. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone beside the B4580 / B4396 junctionTransportunder 1 mi
- Maes-Mochnant Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Maes Mochnant Isaf Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Clynog farmhouse (or Celynog)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.