Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cairns, Settlements & Field Systems of Prehistoric & Medieval date at Pennant above Nant Esgeiriau
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandrillo, Denbighshire, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 22 March 1994
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.88817, -3.41800
- SAM number
- ME146
- Cadw record number
- 531
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 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)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (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 ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The site as whole provides a commentary of land use from the Bronze Age to the post medieval period and consists; of two ring cairns, a hut circle and associated field enclosure, banks and a sheep fold. The larger and northern cairn is defined by three concentric rings of stone banks 19m in diameter and 0.3m in height. The second smaller ring lies a little to the south and is 6m in diameter. A post-medieval sheep fold lies between the cairns and an extensive system of enclosures and field banks associated with a hut circle 13m in diameter.
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 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
- Nant Esgeiriau CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Pennant CairnsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Cefn Penagored Ridge CairnsKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cwm Tywyll House PlatformsHouse Platformunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.