Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn
Cerrigydrudion, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cerrigydrudion, Conwy, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 24 August 2000
- Community
- Cerrigydrudion
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.07059, -3.52967
- SAM number
- DE283
- Cadw record number
- 1338
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c.2300 - 800 BC) and is located in forestry to the north of Hafotty Wen farm. The site is defined by a circular earth and stone bank measuring 1m high, 1.5m to 2m wide and 30m in diameter. A track crosses the eastern side of the monument.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Ring cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 50m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Pont-y-rhuddfaTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont-yr-AlwenTransport1 mi
- Ffridd Brynhelen Enclosures & FieldsEnclosure1 mi
- Cae Ddunod CampHillfort1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.