Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Egryn Ring Cairn
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 19 January 1996
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.76265, -4.05235
- SAM number
- ME156
- Cadw record number
- 3870
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 ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn is a particularly fine example and lies in the Meirionnydd uplands. Excavation of the central area in 1919 failed to identify any evidence of burial but the structural features, most notably the distinctive kerb of outward leaning slones, have survived relatively undisturbed. These are an important diagnostic feature of a rare class of 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 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
- Mynydd Egryn SettlementEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Carneddau Hengwm Long CairnsChambered Long Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ceunant Egryn Hut GroupEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Llwyn du Parc cairnCairn Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.