Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llyn Du Round Barrow
Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 10 October 1995
- Community
- Ysceifiog
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.26527, -3.27256
- SAM number
- FL189
- Cadw record number
- 1435
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 earthen built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and is located within the corner of a field, covered with grass. The barrow is circular with a rounded profile and measures 26m in diameter and stands to a height of 3m. There is no apparent ditch.
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. Barrows 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.
Nearby in the register
- Offa's Dyke:Section N & S of the Circle on Holywell Racecourse, and Circle and Round BarrowLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Plas-newyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 225m SE of Plas NewyddRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosure, Field System & Hollow-ways North of PantEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.