Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Blaen Llynor round cairn
Cynwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cynwyd, Denbighshire, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 September 2008
- Community
- Cynwyd
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.92029, -3.36216
- SAM number
- DE302
- Cadw record number
- 4327
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandLlyfrgell 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 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 30 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
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 burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in enclosed rough pasture on the NE slopes of Blaen Llynor. The stone-built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 6.5m in diameter and 0.7m in height. Although it has been disturbed in the past - there is a central hollow - the majority of the base of the cairn appears to remain intact and undisturbed.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact burial or ritual deposits. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the topographical association of the cairns with the many Bronze Age cairns that can be found within the surrounding area.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 24m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Nant Gwyn round cairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Coed Llynor long hutDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Nant Gwyn long hutDeserted Rural Settlement1 mi
- Moel yr Henfaes ring cairnRing Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.