Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garw Fynydd Cairn
Derwen, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Derwen, Denbighshire, recorded as Platform Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Platform Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 12 April 2001
- Community
- Derwen
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.04789, -3.41343
- SAM number
- DE274
- Cadw record number
- 1694
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 following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round platform cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and is located on the crest of a hill. The cairn is visible as a stony mound measuring 20m in diameter and 0.6m high. There is a slight circular bank on top of the cairn measuring 1.5m wide and forming a ring 11m in diameter, which may represent a prehistoric feature or part of a later cock fighting ring.
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. Platform cairns 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. It is circular and measures 28m in diameter, centred on the cairn.
Nearby in the register
- BraichAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon SaraReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 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.