Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moel Fodiar Tumuli
Llannefydd, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 24 August 2000
- Community
- Llannefydd
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.19932, -3.53118
- SAM number
- DE282
- Cadw record number
- 1337
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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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of two burial cairns, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and are located on the summit of Moel Fodiar with extensive views, particularly to the west. The cairns measure 14m wide and up to 0.8m high and have been constructed from a combination of stones and mounded earth. A slight hole in the centre of one (Cairn B) marks a small excavation which took place there at the start of the 20th century.
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. The importance of these cairns is 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 two circles measuring 18m in diameter, centred on the two cairns.
Nearby in the register
- Pont PengwernTransportunder 1 mi
- Primary House at Plas CochDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural Range at Plas CochAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Plas IsafDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.