Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Craig yr Uchain
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandrillo, Denbighshire, recorded as Enclosure.
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Unknown
- Date of designation
- 21 May 1987
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.91798, -3.45236
- SAM number
- DE230
- Cadw record number
- 3135
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
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 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 an earthwork/stone-built enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric. On the northern and western sides the bank survives to c.2m in height above a shallow ditch with an outer counterscarp. The southern side utilises a natural scarp, but the ditch can again be traced on the eastern side where there is a simple entrance gap. Internal features can be traced, with two hollowed areas in the west which may be house sites, and a further levelled which may be a yard. The monument probably belongs stylistically with the Iron Age/Romano-British settlements found widely in Gwynedd.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. 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
- Bryn AwelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llawr Cilan FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cart-shed and Stables to SW of Llawr Cilan FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cow-house and adjoining Cart-shed to N of Llawr Cilan FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.