Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn Beddau Stone Circle
Clocaenog, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Stone Circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 October 1997
- Community
- Clocaenog
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.06189, -3.42316
- SAM number
- DE245
- Cadw record number
- 3885
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone circle, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and is located in the Clocaenog forest. The circle measures 15m in diameter and comprises 19 stones of varying size and visibility. Six stand upright and are reasonably prominent while another two lie supine. No stones are visible on the south side and one large boulder lies in the centre.
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. Stone circles are often 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
- Maen Llwyd Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Pont Petryal Caerau CirclesEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Bryn Beddau Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Bedd EmlynRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.